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Botanical Name |
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Altingia excelsa Noronha |
English
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Rasamala |
Synonym(s) |
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Altingia siamensis Craib |
Family |
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Altingiaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A deciduous, aromatic tree, 18-30 m in height and up to 5 m in girth, with a straight, cylindrical bole c 24 m in length. Bark light to dark grey or brown, exfoliating in large flakes; leaves lanceolate, elliptic or ovate, caudate or sharply acuminate, serrate; flowers unisexual: male inflorescences consist of dense heads or racemes, supported by large silky bracts; female heads on long peduncles, solitary, axillary; fruit heads globose, rough, woody; capsules brown, tomentose. |
| Herb Effects |
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Expectorant and carminative; prevents gastric ulcers (root extract); bitter, pungent, carminative, expectorant, stomachic, antiscorbutic and antipyretic (resin); astringent, depurative and antisyphilitic (root bark). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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An essential oil (bark resin); alpha-pinene (19.8%); beta-pinene (16.0%); alpha-phellandrene (15.9%); limonene (10.9%) and beta-phellandrene (leaf) |
| Chemistry
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CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
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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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| beta-Pinene |
23089-32-9 |
6,6-dimethyl-2-methy
lidene-norpinane |
C10H16 |
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| Limonene |
9003-73-0 |
1-methyl-4-prop-1-en
-2-yl-cyclohexene |
C10H16 |
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| beta-Phellandrene |
555-10-2 |
3-methylidene-6-prop
an-2-yl-cyclohexene |
C10H16 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Leucoderma and scabies (resin); It is useful in itching, lumbago, menorrhagia and early stages of hydrocele and also for increasing the secretion of gastric juices. |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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