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Premna latifolia Roxb.


Botanical Name	:	Premna latifolia Roxb.
English Name	:	Dusky Fire Brand Bark
Family	:	Verbenaceae

General Info

Description

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

Diuretic and alleviates spasms (leaf); hypoglycemic and stimulates the cardiovascular system (stem bark).

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Chemistry

Active Ingredients

Premnalatin (leaf); premnaspiral, premnaspirodiene, pimaradienols and sandarocopimars (root bark); geniposidic and 7-deoxyloganic acids (stem bark).

Chemistry of Active Ingredients

Name

CAS#

IUPAC Name

Formula

Structure

Premnaspirodiene

82189-85-3

6,10-dimethyl-2-prop
-1-en-2-yl-spiro[4.5
]dec-9-ene

C₁₅H₂₄

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

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

Pharmacology

Medicinal Use

For boils (bark paste) and in dropsy (leaf).

Reference

Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.

Uniyal et al., Medicinal Flora of Garhwal Himalayas.

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