Urginea indica (ROXB) KUNTH. |
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Botanical Name |
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Urginea indica (ROXB) KUNTH. |
English
Name |
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Indian Squill |
Synonym(s) |
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Scilla indica Roxb., Drimia indica Jessop |
Family |
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Liliaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A small, glabrous herb with a pale, ovoid or pear-shaped bulb 5 to 10 cm long. Leaves linear, nearly flat, apex acute, appearing after the flowers. Scape erect, brittle 30 to 45 cm longand 4 to 6 mm in diameter at the base. Flowers greenish-white, brownish or purplish, drooping or spreading in terminal racemes 15 to 30 cm long; bracts minute; pedicels, slender; perianth campanulate, segmeents 1 cm long and 2.5 to 3 mm wide, oblong lanceolate, obtuse. Fruits (capsule) ellipsoidal or oblong, tapering to both ends, the cells 6 to 9 seeded; seeds flattened, black. |
| Herb Effects |
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Heart stimulant, anthelmintic, alexiteric, expectorant, cardiac, diuretic deobstruent and emmenagogue (bulb) and cyanogenetic (plant); aids in removing any obstructions to secretion or excretion (in the body) and expectorant. |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Hentriacontanol, octacosanoic acid and glycosides (scillaren A and scillaren B) (bulb); sitosterol, stigmasterol and campasterol (root, bulb and leaf); scillarenin (tuber) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Sitosterol |
5779-62-4 |
17-(5-ethyl-6-methyl
-heptan-2-yl)-10,13-
dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9
,11,12,14,
15,16,17
-dodecahydro-1H-cycl
openta[a]phenanthren
-3-ol |
C29H50O |
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| Stigmasterol |
4736-55-4 |
17-(4-ethyl-1,5-dime
thyl-hex-2-enyl)-10,
13-dimethyl-1,2,4,5,
6,7,8,9,10
,11,12,1
3,14,15,16,17-hexade
cahydrocyclopenta[a]
phenanthren-3-one |
C29H48O |
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| Campesterol |
474-62-4 |
17-(5,6-dimethylhept
an-2-yl)-10,13-dimet
hyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,1
2,14,15,16
,17-dode
cahydro-1H-cyclopent
a[a]phenanthren-3-ol |
C28H48O |
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| Octacosanoic acid |
52258-47-6 |
octacosanoic acid |
C28H56O2 |
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| Scillarenin |
465-22-5 |
5-[(3S,10R,13R,14S,1
7S)-3,14-dihydroxy-1
0,13-dimethyl-1,2,3,
6,7,8,9,11
,12,15,1
6,17-dodecahydrocycl
openta[a]phenanthren
-17-yl]pyran-2-one |
C24H32O4 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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In rheumatism, asthma, preparing “chandni bhasma†(which is used in paralysis), as a deobustruent, prescribed for dropsy, rheumatism, skin diseases, bronchitis, asthma, renal calculi, leprosy, scabies, headaches and diseases of the nose (bulb). |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Uniyal et al., Medicinal Flora of Garhwal Himalayas.
Grieve M. A Modern Herbal (1931) (www.botanical.com).
Johnson T. CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference (www.herbweb.com/herbage). |
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