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Botanical Name |
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Eryngium foetidum L. |
English
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Long Coriander, False coriander, Shadow-beni, Stinkweed |
Family |
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Apiaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A tropical perennial and annual herb with long, evenly branched roots. The oblanceolate leaves, arranged spirally around the short thick stem, form a basal rosette and are as much as 30 cm long and 4 cm broad. The leaf margin is serrated, each tooth of the margin containing a small yellow spine. The plant produces a well-branched cluster of flower heads in spikes forming the characteristic umbel inflorescence on a long stalk arising from the center of the leaf rosette. The calyx is green while the corolla is creamy white in color. |
| Herb Effects |
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Aphrodisiac (leaves, roots) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Alpha-pinene, furfural, lauric acid, p-cymene (plant) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| alpha-Pinene |
80-56-8 |
2,7,7-trimethylbicyc
lo[3.1.1]hept-2-ene |
C10H16 |
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| Furfural |
Not Available |
furan-2-carbaldehyde |
C5H4O2 |
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| Lauric acid |
8045-27-0 |
Dodecanoic acid |
C12H24O2 |
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| p-Cymene |
Not Available |
Dichlororuthenium;
1-methyl-5,6-dihydro
-4H-pyrimidine;
p-cymene |
C15H24Cl2N2Ru |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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To stimulate appetite, improve digestion, combat colic, soothe stomach pains, eliminate gases (leaves, roots); for flu, diabetes, constipation and fevers (as tea); for scorpion stings, to alleviate stomach pains (root) |
| Contraindication |
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Contraindicated for pregnant women. |
Dealers
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Health Remedies 
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