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

Common Names

Picrorhiza

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
2-BETA-GLUCOSYLOXY-CUCURBITACIN-O	0	Root	not available	47.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
23,24-DIHYDROCUCURBITACIN-B	0	Root	not available	24.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
25-ACETOXY-2BETA-GLUCOSYLOXY-3,16,20-TRIHYDROXY-9-METHYL-18-NORLANOST-5,23-DIEN-22-ONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2BETA-GLUCOSYLOXY-3,16,20,25-TETRAHYDROXY-9-METHYL-19-NORLANOSTA-5,23-DIENE-11,22-DIONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-FERULOYLCATALPOL	0	Root	not available	59.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-TRANS-FERULOYLCATALPOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMPHICOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMPHICOSIDE	0	Root	706.0	36000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANDROSIN	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANDROSIN	5	Root	not available	176.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APOCYNIN	8	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.
APOCYNIN	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APOCYNINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARVENIN-III	0	Root	not available	35.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATALPOL	3	Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-6-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-B	8	Root	not available	47.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUCURBITACIN-GLYCOSIDE	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.
CUCURBITACIN-Q-2-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	35.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antiherpetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiischemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiketotic	1	Merck 11th Edition
AntiLegionella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	2	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiradicular	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antisickling	1	Planta Medica, 56(6): 681, 1990.
Antispasmodic	1	Ortiz de Urbina, J.J., Martin, M.L., Sevilla, M.A., Montero, M.J., Carron, R., and San Roman, L. Antispasmodic Activity on Rat Smooth Muscle of Polyphenol Compounds Caffeic and Protocathechic Acids. Phytotherapy Research 4(2): 73, 1990.
Antitumor	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Mouth)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *