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
Carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	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.
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	2	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.
CNS-Paralytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Corticosterogenic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cosmetic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dermatitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	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.
Emetic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
FLavor	3	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
FPTase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fungicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *