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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Picrorhiza kurrooa (Scrophulariaceae)

Common Names
Picrorhiza
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
2-BETA-GLUCOSYLOXY-CUCURBITACIN-O 0 Root 47.0 *
23,24-DIHYDROCUCURBITACIN-B 0 Root 24.0 *
25-ACETOXY-2BETA-GLUCOSYLOXY-3,16,20-TRIHYDROXY-9-METHYL-18-NORLANOST-5,23-DIEN-22-ONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
2BETA-GLUCOSYLOXY-16,20,22-TRIHYDROXY-9-METHYL-19-NORLANOSTA-5,24-DIENE-3,11-DIONE 0 Plant *
2BETA-GLUCOSYLOXY-3,16,20,25-TETRAHYDROXY-9-METHYL-19-NORLANOSTA-5,23-DIENE-11,22-DIONE 0 Plant *
6-FERULOYLCATALPOL 0 Root 59.0 *
6-TRANS-FERULOYLCATALPOL 0 Root *
AMPHICOSIDE 0 Plant *
AMPHICOSIDE 0 Root 706.0 36000.0 *
ANDROSIN 5 Plant *
ANDROSIN 5 Root 176.0 *
APOCYNIN 8 Rhizome List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
APOCYNIN 8 Root *
APOCYNINE 1 Plant *
ARVENIN-III 0 Root 35.0 *
CATALPOL 3 Juice *
CINNAMIC-ACID-6-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Juice *
CUCURBITACIN-B 8 Root 47.0 *
CUCURBITACIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Root Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
CUCURBITACIN-Q-2-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root 35.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Allelopathic 1 *
Allergenic 1 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Anthelmintic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiallergenic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiarrhythmic 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 407.
Antiarthritic 1 *
Antiasthmatic 3 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 *
Antibacterial 2 Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Antibronchitic 1 *
Anticancer 1 *
Anticlastogen 1 *
Anticolitic 1 *
Antiedemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifatigue 1 *
Antigibberellin 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 3 *