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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
N-N'-TETRAMETHYLHOLARRHIMINE 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-N-1-TETRAMETHYLHOLARRHIMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORCONESSINE 1 Bark not available 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NORHOLADIENE 0 Bark not available 1.2 not available Begum, S., Usmani, S. B., Siddiqui, B. S., Siddiqui, S. 1994. Alkaloids from the Bark of Holarrhena pubescens. Phpytochemistry, 36(6): 1537-1541.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 39900.0 63000.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 10640.0 16800.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
PUBESCIMINE 0 Bark not available 3.2 not available Begum, S., Usmani, S. B., Siddiqui, B. S., Siddiqui, S. 1994. Alkaloids from the Bark of Holarrhena pubescens. Phpytochemistry, 36(6): 1537-1541.
PUBESCINE 0 Bark not available 2.5 not available Begum, S., Usmani, S. B., Siddiqui, B. S., Siddiqui, S. 1994. Alkaloids from the Bark of Holarrhena pubescens. Phpytochemistry, 36(6): 1537-1541.
PUBESCININE 0 Bark not available 1.8 not available Siddiqui, B. S., Usmani, S. B., Begum, S., Siddiqui, S., Aftab, K., Gilani, A. U. 1995. Hypotensive Constituents from the Bark of Holarrhena pubescens (Holarrhena antidysenterica). Heterocycles, 41(2): 267-276.
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
REGHOLARRHENINE-A 0 Bark not available 3.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
REGHOLARRHENINE-A 0 Stem Bark not available 110.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
REGHOLARRHENINE-B 0 Stem Bark not available 166.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
REGHOLARRHENINE-C 0 Stem Bark not available 70.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
REGHOLARRHENINE-D 0 Stem Bark not available 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
REGHOLARRHENINE-E 0 Stem Bark not available 15.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
REGHOLARRHENINE-F 0 Stem Bark not available 400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Bark not available 2000.0 -1.04 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed not available 12920.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTADIENOL 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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrosarcomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigingivitic 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.
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 4 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
AntiHIV 3 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.
Antihyperglycemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.