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Plant Holarrhena pubescens (Apocynaceae)

Common Names
Tellicherry Bark; Zhi Xie Mu; Conessi; Kurchi
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
KURCHIPHYLLAMINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KURCHIPHYLLINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KURCHOLESSINE 0 Bark not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
KURCHOLESSINE 0 Stem Bark not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
L-QUERBRACHITOL 0 Leaf 2500.0 15000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
L-QUERBRACHITOL 0 Stem not available 7000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LETTOCINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LETTORESINOL-A 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LETTORESINOL-B 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Seed 3610.0 5700.0 0.19 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 52000.0 164100.0 0.49 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 19000.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Bark not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MONOMETHYLHOLARRHIMINE-I 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MONOMETHYLHOLARRHIMINE-II 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-20-METHYL-HOLARRHIMINE 0 Bark not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
N-20-METHYL-HOLARRHIMINE 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-3-METHYL-HOLARRHIMINE 0 Bark not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
N-3-METHYL-HOLARRHIMINE 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYLHOLARRHIMINE 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antiaggregant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 2 Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Antianaphylactic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiasthmatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 6 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Anticancer 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.