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Common Names
Picrorhiza
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D-MANNITOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 5000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Rhizome | 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. |
| GLUCOSIDO-VANILLOYL-GLUCOSE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| KURRIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 5000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KUTHINOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| KUTHIRTEROL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| KUTKIN | 3 | Rhizome | 30000.0 | 40000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KUTKIOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 600.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| KUTKISTEROL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 1800.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| KUTKOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KUTKOSIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KUTKOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 2400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MINECOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 59.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MINECOSIDES | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991. |
| PICEIN | 0 | Root | not available | 118.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PICRORHIZIN | 0 | Rhizome | 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. |
| PICROSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PICROSIDE-I | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PICROSIDE-I | 3 | Root | not available | 470.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PICROSIDE-II | 3 | Rhizome | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Acetylcholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allelopathic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allergenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 2 | Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198. |
| Antibronchitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticlastogen | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |