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Common Names
Tellicherry Bark; Zhi Xie Mu; Conessi; Kurchi
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Choleretic | 4 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CNS-Depressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Paralytic | 1 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Comedolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COMT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Copper-Chelator | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cosmetic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytotoxic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Dermatitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic? | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Differentiator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Elastase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| FLavor | 3 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |