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Botanical Name |
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Desmodium triflorum DC. |
English
Name |
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Matty Desmodium |
Synonym(s) |
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Hedysarum stipulaceum Burm. f., Hedysarum triflorum (L.) DC., Meibomia triflora (L.) Kuntze. |
Family |
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Fabaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A spreading perennial herb, 0.5 m long. Leaves alternate, trifoliate, petioles 1.5 to 8 mm long; stipules ovate, 2.5 to 3.3 m long, emarginate apex, cuneate at base, margins entire, glabrous. Inflorescence sessile, leaf opposed fascicles of 2 to 4 flowers; bracts acuminate, 4 mm long, pedicels 5 to 8 mm long; calyx 5-lobed, corolla purplish, obovate, apex rounded. Fruit pod linear or oblong 1 to 1.5 cm long. |
| Herb Effects |
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Roots are considered carminative, tonic and diuretic and used in bilious complaints. Leaves are galactagogue, diuretic, potentiates barbiturates and in mice, influences the central nervous system (50% EtOH plant extract). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Hypathorine and tyramine (leaf); indole-3-alkyamines, trigonelline, beta-phenylethylamines, choline and indole-3-acetic acid (stem. root and leaf); from 50% EtOH plant extract. |
| Chemistry
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CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Trigonelline |
6138-40-5 |
1-methylpyridine-5-c
arboxylate |
C7H7NO2 |
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| Tyramine |
60-19-5 |
4-(2-aminoethyl)phen
ol |
C8H11NO |
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| Choline |
67-48-1 |
2-hydroxyethyl-trime
thyl-ammonium |
C5H14NO+ |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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In diarrhea, dysentery, to relieve burns, to promote healing of wounds and abscesses, convulsions and stimulating the flow and/or secretion of milk (leaf); to treat bilious complaints, diarrhoea and galactagogue (root) |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Raj RK. Screening of indigenous plants for anthelmintic action against human Ascaris lumbricoides: Part--II. Indian J Physiol Pharmacol 1975 Jan-Mar;19(1). |
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