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
Antioxalate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipsychotic	1	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antiradicular	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.
Antirenitic	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.
Antirheumatic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antishigellic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antistaphylococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular	2	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
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-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiurethrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	3	Duke, 1992 *
Ataractic	1	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Cancer-Preventive	2	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.