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Botanical Name |
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Rubia tinctorum Linn. |
English
Name |
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Madder or Dyer's Madder |
Family |
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Rubiaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A prickly or scabrid, climbing herb with quadrangular stems. Rootstocks perennial, with fleshy roots; leaves 4-6 in whorls, usually elliptic, sometimes elliptic-lanceolate; flowers greenish yellow in terminal and axillary panicles of cymes; fruit globose, red to black. |
| Herb Effects |
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Decreases spasms in the urinary tract and possibly diuretic (a reddish color from the herb appears in the urine); astringent, tonic, lithontriptic, aperient, cholagogue, diuretic and emmenagogue (roots) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Ruberythric acid; alizarin (coloring matter), purpurin and rubiadin (derivatives of anthracene)rubian, tannin, sugar. |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Ruberythric acid |
152-84-1 |
1-hydroxy-2-[(2S,3R,
4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trih
ydroxy-6-[[(2R,3R,4S
,5R)-3,4,5
-trihydr
oxyoxan-2-yl]oxymeth
yl]oxan-2-yl]oxy-ant
hracene-9,10-dione |
C25H26O13 |
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| Alizarin |
84754-86-9 |
1,2-dihydroxyanthrac
ene-9,10-dione |
C14H8O4 |
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| Purpurin |
81-54-9 |
1,2,4-trihydroxyanth
racene-9,10-dione |
C14H8O5 |
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| Rubiadin |
117-02-2 |
1,3-dihydroxy-2-meth
yl-anthracene-9,10-d
ione |
C15H10O4 |
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| Tannin |
1401-55-4 |
Not Available |
C27H22O18 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Promote menstrual flow, as a remedy in diseases of liver, gall and spleen, urinary discharges, arthritis and bed sores (root).It is taken internally in the treatment of kidney and bladder stones. |
| Reference |
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 Stary, Medicinal Herbs and Plants.
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