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Botanical Name |
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Premna latifolia Roxb. |
English
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Dusky Fire Brand Bark |
Family |
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Verbenaceae |
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General Info
Description |
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A small bushy tree or a shrub. Bark ash-coloured, smooth; leaves cordate or oval, downy, odorous when crushcd; flowers small, dirty yellow, in compound corymbs; drupes wrinkled, 4-celled. |
Herb Effects |
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Diuretic and alleviates spasms (leaf); hypoglycemic and stimulates the cardiovascular system (stem bark). |
Chemistry
Active Ingredients |
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Premnalatin (leaf); premnaspiral, premnaspirodiene, pimaradienols and sandarocopimars (root bark); geniposidic and 7-deoxyloganic acids (stem bark). |
Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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Premnaspirodiene |
82189-85-3 |
6,10-dimethyl-2-prop -1-en-2-yl-spiro[4.5 ]dec-9-ene |
C15H24 |
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Geniposidic acid |
27741-01-1 |
9-(hydroxymethyl)-2- [3,4,5-trihydroxy-6- (hydroxymethyl)oxan- 2-yl]oxy-3
-oxabicy clo[4.3.0]nona-4,8-d iene-5-carboxylic acid |
C16H22O10 |
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7-Deoxyloganic acid |
22487-36-1 |
(1R,2S,6S,9S)-9-meth yl-2-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6 R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy- 6-(hydroxy
methyl)o xan-2-yl]oxy-3-oxabi cyclo[4.3.0]non-4-en e-5-carboxylic acid |
C16H24O9 |
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Pharmacology
Medicinal Use |
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For boils (bark paste) and in dropsy (leaf). |
Reference |
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Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Uniyal et al., Medicinal Flora of Garhwal Himalayas. |
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