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Pterocarpus marsupium ROXB. |
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Botanical Name |
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Pterocarpus marsupium ROXB. |
English
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Indian Kino Tree |
Synonym(s) |
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Ligonum marsupium (Roxb.) Kuntze, Pterocarpus bilobus Roxb. ex G. Don, Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb., Forma biloba (G.Don) Prain. |
Family |
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Fabaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A moderate-sized to large deciduous tree. The bark is grey, rough, longitudinally fissured and scaly. The older trees exude a blood red gum-resin. The leaves are imparipinnate: the leaflets are oblong; the flowers occur in large panicles, they are yellowish and fragrant; the pods are orbicular, flat, winged. |
| Herb Effects |
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On the nictating membrane and stimulates the cardiovascular system (stem bark); hypoglycemic (bark and heartwood); antidiarrheal and astringent (bark); lowers blood cholesterol; regenerates beta cells and increases insulin and proinsulin levels. |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Beta-eudesmol, p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, pterostilbene (root); catechol, gallic acid, isoliquiritigenin, liquiritigenin, marsupinol, protocatechuic acid (wood) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Liquiritigenin |
578-86-9 |
7-hydroxy-2-(4-hydro
xyphenyl)-chroman-4-
one |
C15H12O4 |
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| Isoliquiritigenin |
13745-20-5 |
1-(2,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-3-(4-hydroxyphen
yl)-prop-2-en-1-one |
C15H12O4 |
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| Garbanzol |
1226-22-8 |
3,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-h
ydroxyphenyl)-chroma
n-4-one |
C15H12O5 |
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| beta-Eudesmol |
473-15-4 |
2-(4a-methyl-8-methy
lidene-decalin-2-yl)
propan-2-ol |
C15H26O |
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| p-Hydroxybenzaldehyde |
123-08-0 |
4-hydroxybenzaldehyd
e |
C7H6O2 |
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| Pterostilbene |
537-42-8 |
4-[2-(3,5-dimethoxyp
henyl)ethenyl]phenol |
C16H16O3 |
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| Catechol |
37349-32-9 |
benzene-1,2-diol |
C6H6O2 |
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| Gallic acid |
149-91-7 |
3,4,5-trihydroxybenz
oic acid |
C7H6O5 |
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| Protocatechuic acid |
5417-95-8 |
N,N-diethyl-N'-(2,4,
8,9-tetrazabicyclo[4
.3.0]nona-2,4,7,10-t
etraen-5-y
l)propan
e-1,3-diamine |
C12H20N6 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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In diabetes (wood infusion); diarrhea, leucorrhea, heartburn and indolent ulcers (plant juice). The heartwood is useful in skin diseases, diabetes, anaemia, and obesity. It is an astringent. It is administered for diarrhoea, dysentery, pyrosis and as an injection for leucorrhoea. An aqueous infusion of the wood is used in diabetes. |
| Reference |
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 Bentley and Trimen, Medicinal Plants.
Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
The Himalaya Drug Company. |
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