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Common Names
Chirata; Chiretta
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SWERCHIRIN | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SWERTIANIN | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SWERTININ | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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. |