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Botanical Name |
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Hyptis capitata Jacq. |
English
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Knobweed |
Synonym(s) |
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Pycnanthemum decurrens Blanco, Thymus virginicus Blanco |
Family |
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Lamiaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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Stout, erect, nonaromatic, hairy, annual herb, about 0.5 to 1.5 meters high, with green or purplish 4-angled stems. Leaves are lanceolate, 8 to 14 cm long, with toothed margins. Flowers are numerous, crowded in long-peduncles, growing up to 10 cm in length and the heads 1-2 cm in diameter with basal involucres of hairy bracts; calyx is green 4 mm long, accrescent, 8 mm long in fruit; corolla is white, 6 mm long. Nutlets brownish-black with a narrow white hilum, about 1 mm long |
| Herb Effects |
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Tonic and stimulant (plant) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Ursolic acid, hyptatic acid (roots); betulinic acid (shoots) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Ursolic acid |
77-52-1 |
10-hydroxy-1,2,6a,6b
,9,9,12a-heptamethyl
-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a
,10,11,12, |
C30H48O3 |
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| Hyptatic acid |
Not Available |
Not Available |
Not Available |
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| Betulinic acid |
4481-62-3 |
Not Available |
C30H46O3 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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The roots are boiled and taken as tea for treating fevers and colds. The decoction of roots are used for amenorrhea. The decoction of the leaves are used to clean wounds. |
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