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Plant Centella asiatica (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Gotu Kola; Pennywort
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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.
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 6 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 6 Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095.
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimplantation 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.