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
Hyperglycemic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Immunostimulant	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Immunosuppressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insectiphile	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative	2	=ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Nephrotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Prostaglandigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Purgative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Secretogogue	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.