Gerbera gossypina (Royle) Rob. |
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Botanical Name |
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Gerbera gossypina (Royle) Rob. |
Synonym(s) |
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Gerbera lanuginosa Benth. |
Family |
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Asteraceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A slender herbaceous plant. Leaves 2-6 in. long and ½-3 in. broad, glabrous and shining above, densely cottony beneath, lanceolate, often pinnately lobed at the base; flower-heads white, often tinged with pink; achenes beaked. |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Daphnetin 7-methyl ether, scopoletin, gerberinol (plant); friedelin, stigmasterol and benzoic acid (aerial parts of the plant). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Scopoletin |
92-61-5 |
2-hydroxy-6-methoxy-
chromen-7-one |
C10H8O4 |
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| Friedelin |
559-74-0 |
4,4a,6a,6b,8a,11,11,
14a-octamethyl-2,4,5
,6,6a,7,8,9,10,12,12
a,13,14,14
b-tetrad
ecahydro-1H-picen-3-
one |
C30H50O |
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| Stigmasterol |
4736-55-4 |
17-(4-ethyl-1,5-dime
thyl-hex-2-enyl)-10,
13-dimethyl-1,2,4,5,
6,7,8,9,10
,11,12,1
3,14,15,16,17-hexade
cahydrocyclopenta[a]
phenanthren-3-one |
C29H48O |
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| Benzoic acid |
8013-63-6 |
benzoic acid |
C7H6O2 |
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