Lysimachia christinae Hance |
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Botanical Name |
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Lysimachia christinae Hance |
English
Name |
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Loosestrife guangjin, Large Loosestrife, Lysimachia, Gold coin grass |
Family |
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Myrsinaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A perennial plant growing to about 0.1 m. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by insects. The plant can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. |
| Herb Effects |
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Antiphlogistic, cholagogue, depurative, diuretic, febrifuge and lithontripic (whole plant) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Quercetin, quercetin-e-O-glucoside, kaempferol, kaempferol-3-O-galactoside, kaempferol-3-O-lysima-chiatroside, 3, 2', 4', 6'--tetrahyhdroxy-4-, 3'-dimethoxychalcone, and inorganic salt of NaCl KCl. |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Quercetin |
Not Available |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-3,4,5-trihydroxy
-chromen-7-one |
C15H10O7 |
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| Kaempferol |
80714-53-0 |
3-[3-[4,5-dihydroxy-
6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
(hydroxyme
thyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-o
xan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dih
ydroxy-6-(hydroxymet
hyl)oxan-2
-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydrox
y-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl
)-chromen-7-one |
C33H40O21 |
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| Kaempferol-3-O-galactoside |
23627-87-4 |
5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-h
ydroxyphenyl)-3-[(3R
,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-tri
hydroxy-6-
(hydroxy
methyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy
-chromen-4-one |
C21H20O11 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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A decoction of whole plant is used in the treatment of abscesses, boils, sores, carbuncles, burns, bites, kidney stones, jaundice, gallbladder stones, gonorrhea, inflammation etc. It is also used to treat mushroom poisoning and drug poisoning. |
| Reference |
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 Jing-Nuan Wu. An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica. P: 412, Oxford University Press, Inc.2005.
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