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Botanical Name |
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Ipomoea aquatica Forsk. |
English
Name |
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Swamp Cabbage, Water spinach |
Synonym(s) |
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Ipomoea reptans Poir. , Convolvulus repens Vahl, Ipomoea repens Roth, Ipomoea subdentata Miq. |
Family |
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Convolvulaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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An aquatic, trailing or floating, herbaceous perennial, sometimes annual, with long, hollow stem rooting at the nodes. Leaves elliptic or ovate-oblong, cordate or hastate at the base ; flowers infundibuliform, 2.5-5 cm. long, white or pale purple with dark purple eye, solitary or in five-flowered cymes ; fruit a capsule, 0.8 cm. long, ovoid, smooth ; seeds 2-4, densely pubescent. |
| Herb Effects |
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Alleviates spasms (50% EtOH plant extract); purgative (dried juice); Hypoglycaemic (plant) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Xanthophyll, hentriacontane and taraxanthin (plant); alanine, arginine, ascorbic acid, beta-carotene, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, methionine, niacin, phenylalanine, riboflavin, thiamin, tocopherol, tyrosine, valine (leaf). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Xanthophyll |
34445-91-5 |
4-[18-(4-hydroxy-2,6
,6-trimethyl-1-cyclo
hexenyl)-3,7,12,16-t
etramethyl
-octadec
a-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15
,17-nonaenyl]-3,5,5-
trimethyl-cyclohex-2
-e
n-1-ol |
C40H56O2 |
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| beta-Carotene |
Not Available |
3,7,12,16-tetramethy
l-1,18-bis(2,6,6-tri
methyl-1-cyclohexeny
l)-octadec
a-1,3,5,
7,9,11,13,15,17-nona
ene |
C40H56 |
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| Hentriacontane |
630-04-6 |
Hentriacontane |
C31H64 |
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| Tocopherol |
59-02-9 |
2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-
2-(4,8,12-trimethylt
ridecyl)chroman-6-ol |
C29H50O2 |
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| Taraxanthin |
Not Available |
6-[(1E,3Z,5Z,7E,9E,1
1E,13Z,15Z,17E)-18-(
4-hydroxy-2,6,6-trim
ethyl-1-cy
clohex-2
-enyl)-3,7,12,16-tet
ramethyl-octadeca-1,
3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-
no
naenyl]-1,5,5-tr
imethyl-7-oxabicyclo
[4.1.0]heptan-3-ol |
C40H56O3 |
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| Alanine |
35597-43-4 |
2-[2-[2-amino-4-(hyd
roxy-methyl-phosphor
yl)-butanoyl]aminopr
opanoylami
no]propa
noic acid |
C11H22N3O6P |
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| Arginine |
7004-12-8 |
2-amino-5-guanidino-
pentanoic acid |
C6H14N4O2 |
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| Ascorbic acid |
Not Available |
2-(1,2-dihydroxyethy
l)-4,5-dihydroxy-fur
an-3-one |
C6H8O6 |
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| Glutamic acid |
Not Available |
2-aminopentanedioic
acid |
C5H9NO4 |
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| Glycine |
87867-94-5 |
2-aminoacetic acid |
C2H5NO2 |
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| Histidine |
6027-02-7 |
2-amino-3-(3H-imidaz
ol-4-yl)propanoic
acid |
C6H9N3O2 |
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| Methionine |
348-67-4 |
2-amino-4-methylsulf
anyl-butanoic acid |
C5H11NO2S |
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| Niacin |
99148-57-9 |
pyridine-3-carboxyli
c acid |
C6H5NO2 |
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| Phenylalanine |
3617-44-5 |
2-amino-3-phenyl-pro
panoic acid |
C9H11NO2 |
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| Riboflavin |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C17H21N4O9P |
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| Thiamin |
59-43-8 |
2-[3-[(4-amino-2-met
hyl-pyrimidin-5-yl)m
ethyl]-4-methyl-1-th
ia-3-azoni
acyclope
nta-2,4-dien-5-yl]et
hanol |
C12H17N4OS+ |
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| Tyrosine |
556-02-5 |
2-amino-3-(4-hydroxy
phenyl)-propanoic
acid |
C9H11NO3 |
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| Valine |
7004-03-7 |
2-amino-3-methyl-but
anoic acid |
C5H11NO2 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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In liver problems (plant juice) and eye inflammations (flower juice); for anemia, piles, nervous and general debility (plant); ringworm infection (buds) |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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