Plant Swertia chirata (Gentianaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Chirata; Chiretta

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
1,3,7,8-TETRAHYDROXYXANTHONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-DIHYDROXY-3,7-DIMETHOXYXANTHONE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HYDROXY-3,5,8-TRIMETHOXYXANTHONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMAROGENIN	0	Plant	not available	200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHIRATANIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHIRATIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHIRATOGENIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECUSSATIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ENICOFLAVINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIANINE	24	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIOCRUCIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIOPICRIN	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBELLIDIFOLIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGIFERIN	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OPHELIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	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
Antifibrinolytic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibrotic	1	=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
Antiflu	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic	1	=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
Antihepatotoxic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiherpetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperglycemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	5	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antileukotriene-D4	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antimeningitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antinociceptive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.