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Common Names
Gotu Kola; Pennywort
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLYACETYLENES | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| POPULNIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Leaf | 414.0 | 3870.0 | -1.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 16050.0 | 150000.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PYRIDINE | 3 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RESIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| RHAMNOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | 1.4 | 13.0 | -0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAPONIN | 0 | Plant | 11000.0 | 80000.0 | 1.66 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAPONINS | 5 | Leaf | 268.0 | 2500.0 | -1.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Leaf | 0.1 | 1.2 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Leaf | 1.5 | 14.0 | -0.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Leaf | 1113.0 | 10400.0 | 1.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Essential Oil | not available | 2000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Plant | not available | 40.0 | -0.81 | =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp |
| SUGARS | 0 | Leaf | 9630.0 | 90000.0 | 0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiflu | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastric | 1 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antigastritic | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antigliomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglutamaergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihelicobacter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |