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Plant Gaultheria fragrantissima (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Indian Wintergreen
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf not available not available not available =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
EO 0 Shoot 1200.0 12000.0 0.16 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HYPEROSIDE 30 Leaf not available not available not available =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
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Shoot 1150.0 11890.0 1.73 Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Leaf not available not available not available =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
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiinflammatory 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiischemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity? 1 Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition