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Botanical Name |
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Michelia champaca L. |
English
Name |
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Champak |
Synonym(s) |
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Michelia pilifera Bakh. F., Michelia velutina auct. non DC |
Family |
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Magnoliaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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It is a large, graceful and evergreen tree with dark grey bark. Leaves are acuminate, lanceolate, coriaceous, entire, glabrous, dark green and shining above. The flowers are pale-yellow with a strong odour, solitary, axillary, bracteate and 2.5 to 5.0 cm in diameter. The sepals and petals are 15 to 21. Stamens are numerous, free and the carpels are densely packed on a sessile gynophore. The fruits are 7.5 to 10.0 cm long. Seeds are brown and 1 to 4 in each fruit. |
| Herb Effects |
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Febrifuge, stimulant, astringent, expectorant (bark); purgative and emmenagogue (root and root bark); stimulant, antispasmodic, tonic, stomachic, carminative, bitter and cooling (flowers and fruits). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Micheliolide, parthenolide and costunolide (root bark); liriodenine (root and stem bark). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Micheliolide |
68370-47-8 |
Not Available |
C15H20O3 |
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| Parthenolide |
29552-41-8 |
Not Available |
C15H20O3 |
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| Costunolide |
553-21-9 |
3,7-dimethyl-11-meth
ylidene-13-oxabicycl
o[8.3.0]trideca-2,6-
dien-12-on
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C15H20O2 |
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| Liriodenine |
475-75-2 |
Not Available |
C17H9NO3 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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For indigestion, boils, itching, nausea and fever (fruit and flower); as an abortifacient (bark). ; roots and are applied to abscesses; in dyspepsia, nausea and fever (infusion of flower); in vertigo and useful in cephalagia, opthalmia, gout and rheumatism (flower oil); for healing cracks in feet (seeds and fruits). |
| Contraindication |
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Avoid using oil during pregnancy. |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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