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Botanical Name |
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Euphorbia thymifolia L. |
English
Name |
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Thyme-leaf Spurge, gulf sandmat, chicken weed |
Synonym(s) |
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Chamaesyce prostrata (Ait.), Euphorbia prostrata Ait. |
Family |
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Euphorbiaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A small annual herb. Leaves opposite, very small, 3 to 6 mm long and 2.5 to 4 mm wide, obliquely oblong, apex round, margins crenulate, base round, glabrous, petioles very short. Flowers involucres, axillary, solitary or 2 to 3 together, campanulate, 0.8 mm long, stalk very short. Capsules 1.5 mm long, obtusely keeled, pubescent. Seeds quadrangular, bluntly pointed. |
| Herb Effects |
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Stimulant, laxative, antidiarreal and astringent (seed and leaf); antispasmodic. dilates bronchial tubes and antifungal (plant). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Euphorbol, hexacosanol, epitaraxerol, sterols and esters (aerial part) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Euphorbol |
Not Available |
(3S,10S,14S)-4,4,10,
13,14-pentamethyl-17
-[(2S)-6-methyl-5-me
thylidene-
heptan-2
-yl]-2,3,5,6,7,11,12
,15,16,17-decahydro-
1H-cyclopenta[a]phen
an
thren-3-ol |
C31H52O |
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| Hexacosanol |
28346-64-7 |
Not Available |
Not Available |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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In amenorrhea (root) and skin diseases (latex); to treat ringworm (fresh plant juice). An essential oil distilled from the plant is used in medicinal soaps used to treat erysipelas and as a mosquito and fly repellent. |
| Reference |
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 Sharma, Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants.
Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India. |
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