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Botanical Name |
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Viburnum opulus L. |
English
Name |
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Guelder-rose |
Family |
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Adoxaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A deciduous shrub growing to 4-5 m tall. The leaves are opposite, three-lobed, 5-10 cm long and broad, with a rounded base and coarsely serrated margins. The leaf buds are green, with are valvate bud scales. The flowers are white, produced in corymbs 4-11 cm diameter at the top of the stems; each corymb comprises a ring of outer sterile flowers 1.5-2 cm diameter with conspicuous petals, surrounding a center of small (5 mm), fertile flowers. The fruit is a globose bright red drupe 7-10 mm diameter, containing a single seed. |
| Herb Effects |
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Antispasmodic, astringent and sedative (bark); antiscorbutic, emetic and laxative (leaves and fruits) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Acetic acid, alpha-amyrin, beta-amyrin, capric acid, citric acid, epicatechin, esculetin, malic acid, scopoletin (bark); arbutin (plant); astragalin (flower); beta-sitosterol, chlorogenic acid, cinnamic acid, tannin, ursolic acid (fruit) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Acetic acid |
77671-22-8 |
acetic acid |
C2H4O2 |
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| alpha-Amyrin |
638-95-9 |
4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,12,1
4b-octamethyl-2,3,4a
,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,
12a,14,14a
-tetrade
cahydro-1H-picen-3-o
l |
C30H50O |
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| beta-Amyrin |
559-70-6 |
4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,11,1
4b-octamethyl-1,2,3,
4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,1
2a,14,14a-
tetradec
ahydropicen-3-ol |
C30H50O |
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| Capric acid |
Not Available |
decanoic acid |
C10H20O2 |
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| Citric acid |
Not Available |
2-hydroxypropane-1,2
,3-tricarboxylic
acid |
C6H8O7 |
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| Epicatechin |
490-46-0 |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)chroman-3,5,7-tri
ol |
C15H14O6 |
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| Esculetin |
Not Available |
2,6-dihydroxychromen
-7-one |
C9H6O4 |
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| Malic acid |
Not Available |
2-hydroxybutanedioic
acid |
C4H6O5 |
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| Scopoletin |
92-61-5 |
2-hydroxy-6-methoxy-
chromen-7-one |
C10H8O4 |
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| Arbutin |
Not Available |
2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-
(4-hydroxyphenoxy)ox
ane-3,4,5-triol |
C12H16O7 |
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| Astragalin |
480-10-4 |
4,5-dihydroxy-2-(4-h
ydroxyphenyl)-3-[3,4
,5-trihydroxy-6-(hyd
roxymethyl
)oxan-2-
yl]oxy-chromen-7-one |
C21H20O11 |
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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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| Chlorogenic acid |
327-97-9 |
3-[3-(3,4-dihydroxyp
henyl)prop-2-enoylox
y]-1,4,5-trihydroxy-
cyclohexan
e-1-carb
oxylic acid |
C16H18O9 |
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| Cinnamic acid |
63938-16-9 |
3-phenylprop-2-enoic
acid |
C9H8O2 |
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| Tannin |
1401-55-4 |
Not Available |
C27H22O18 |
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| Ursolic acid |
77-52-1 |
10-hydroxy-1,2,6a,6b
,9,9,12a-heptamethyl
-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a
,10,11,12, |
C30H48O3 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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To alleviate painful menstrual cramps (dried bark); for treating feminine problems after birth, preventing miscarriages and internal hemorrhages (herb) |
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