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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
HOLONAMINE 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOCONESSIMINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOCONESSIMINE 0 Stem Bark not available 750.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KURCHALINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KURCHAMIDE 0 Bark not available 1.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
KURCHAMINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KURCHAMINE 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KURCHENINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KURCHESSINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
KURCHESSINE 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KURCHICINE 1 Bark not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
KURCHICINE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KURCHILIDINE 0 Bark not available 1.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
KURCHIMINE 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KURCHINE 1 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KURCHINICIN 0 Bark not available 1.7 not available Siddiqui, B. S., Usmani, S. B., Begum, S., Siddiqui, S. 1994. Steroidal Constituents of Holarrhena pubescens. J. Natural Products, 57(1): 27-31.
KURCHINIDINE 0 Stem Bark not available 0.7 not available Siddiqui, B. S., Usmani, S. B., Begum, S., Siddiqui, S. 1993. Steroidal Alkaloids and an Androstane Derivative from the Bark of Holarrhena pubescens. Phytochemistry, 33(4): 925-928.
KURCHININ 0 Stem Bark not available 4.2 not available Siddiqui, B. S., Usmani, S. B., Begum, S., Siddiqui, S. 1993. Steroidal Alkaloids and an Androstane Derivative from the Bark of Holarrhena pubescens. Phytochemistry, 33(4): 925-928.
KURCHININE 0 Bark not available 2.2 not available Siddiqui, B. S., Usmani, S. B., Begum, S., Siddiqui, S. 1994. Steroidal Constituents of Holarrhena pubescens. J. Natural Products, 57(1): 27-31.
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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
Antimyocarditic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinephritic 2 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antinitrosaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity? 1 Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antiophidic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxalate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperistaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).