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Botanical Name |
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Evolvulus alsinoides |
English
Name |
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Slender Dwarf-Morning Glory, English speedwheel |
Synonym(s) |
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Convolvulus alsinoides L. |
Family |
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Convolvulaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A perennial herb with a small woody and branched rootstock. Its branches are annual, numerous, more than 30 cm long, often prostrate, slender and wiry with long hairs. Leaves are small, entire, elliptic to oblong, obtuse, apiculate, base acute and densely hairy. Petiole is minute or nearly absent. Bracts are linear and persistent. Flowers are blue, solitary and rarely 2 from a bract. Peduncle is long and axillary. Calyx 4 is lobed, lanceolate and the tip acute. Capsule is globose and 4 valved. Seeds are 4 and glabrous. |
| Herb Effects |
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Antifungal, anthelmintic, reduces fever, diuretic and anti-phlogistic. |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Beta-sitosterol and evolvine (alkaloid); oleic, stearic and linoleic acids. |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Beta-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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| Oleic acid |
8046-01-3 |
octadec-9-enoic acid |
C18H34O2 |
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| Stearic acid |
82497-27-6 |
octadecanoic acid |
C18H36O2 |
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| Linoleic acid |
8024-22-4 |
Octadeca-9,12-dienoi
c acid |
C18H32O2 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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In dysentery, asthma, bronchitis, reducing fever, as a vermifuge and brain tonic, febrifuge, useful in internal haemorrhages, malarial fever, as blood purifier (decoction), in syphilis and scrofula. |
| Contraindication |
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Do not use during pregnancy. |
| Reference |
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 Baveia SK, Singla RD. 1969 Ind. J. Pharm., 31. 103.
Chandel et al.,Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Uniyal et al., Medicinal Flora of Garhwal Himalayas. |
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