Alangium salvifolium Wang |
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Botanical Name |
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Alangium salvifolium Wang |
English
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Sage-leaved alangium |
Synonym(s) |
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Alangium lamarckii Thw. |
Family |
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Alangiaceae |
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General Info
Description |
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A deciduous, rambling shrub or a tree, up to 10 m in height with a maximum girth of 1.2 m. Bark pale brown, aromatic, rough with shallow cracks, exfoliating in sub-corky scales; leaves alternate, variable in shape, oblong or elliptic oblong, acuminate base rounded or acute, glabrous above and sparsely pubescent beneath, up to 15 cm long, long-petioled; flowers white, fragrant, in axillary fascicles; drupes ellipsoid, black, crowned by persistent calyx, edible; seeds large, enclosed in red, mucilaginous, sweet but rather astringent pulp. |
Herb Effects |
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Laxative, astringent, pungent, anthelmintic, purgative and emetic (root bark); alleviates spasms, antiprotozoal and hypoglycemic (leaf). |
Chemistry
Active Ingredients |
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Ipecac alkaloides (root bark); analgiside and loganic acid (leaf, fruit and root). |
Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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Loganic acid |
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8-hydroxy-7-methyl-5 -[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6 -(hydroxymethyl)tetr ahydropyra
n-2-yl]o xy-4-oxabicyclo[4.3. 0]non-2-ene-2-carbox ylic acid |
C16H24O10 |
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Pharmacology
Medicinal Use |
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For skin disorders, as a laxative and anthelmintic (root bark); in tuberculosis (fruit); in diabetes (leaves). |
Contraindication |
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It contains an alkaloid which when administered in small doses causes a transient fall in blood pressure followed by a sustained rise, depression of the heart, and irregular respiration. |
Reference |
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Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Sharma, Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants.
Rao KN. Venkatachalam SR. Dihydrofolate reductase and cell growth activity inhibition by the beta-carboline-benzoquinolizidine plant. |
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