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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
DIHYDROISOCONESSIMINE 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.
DIHYDROISOCONESSIMINE 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROISOCONESSINE 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.
ERGOSTENOL 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.
FAT 0 Seed 190000.0 300000.0 0.18 Duke, 1992 *
GUM 0 Bark not available 95600.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HOLADIENE 0 Stem Bark not available 7.0 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.
HOLADYSONE 0 Bark not available 1.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
HOLAMIDE 0 Bark not available 2.5 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.
HOLARRHENINE 3 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.
HOLARRHESSIMINE 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.
HOLARRHIDINE 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.
HOLARRHIMINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HOLARRHIMINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HOLARRHIMINE 0 Stem Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HOLARRHINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HOLARRHINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HOLARRICINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HOLARRIFINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HOLONAMINE 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
Antithrombic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithromboxane 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular 1 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Antitumor 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain) 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.
Antitumor (Breast) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 5 Yasukawa, K., Takido, M., Takeuchi, M., Sato, Y., Nitta, K., and Nakagawa, S. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Flavonol Glycosides on 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(3): 774-776, 1990.
Antiulcer 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiurethritic 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antiurethrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 7 Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Apoptotic 3 Duke, 1992 *