Alternanthera pungens Kunth |
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Botanical Name |
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Alternanthera pungens Kunth |
English
Name |
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Khaki Weed |
Family |
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Amaranthaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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Perennial herbs; stems prostrate, rarely ascending, sometimes rooting at the nodes, 1-5 dm long, pilose, the hairs multicellular. Leaves ovate to obovate, 0.5-4.5 cm long, 0.3-2 cm wide, glabrous to sparsely appressed pilose, petioles 2-10 mm long. Flowers in sessile, sparsely pubescent spikes, bract ca. 4 mm long, tipped with a spine 2-3 mm long, bracteoles 3-4 mm long, acute; sepals unequal, the 2 abaxial ones 4-5 mm long, spine-tipped, the spine usually more than 2 mm long, other sepals not spine-tipped; stamens 5, all fertile. Utricles 1.2-1.5 mm long, enclosed by the sepals |
| Herb Effects |
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Diuretic |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Alpha and beta-spinasterols |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| alpha-Spinasterol |
481-18-5 |
17-(5-ethyl-6-methyl
-hept-3-en-2-yl)-10,
13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,
6,9,11,12,
14,15,16
,17-dodecahydro-1H-c
yclopenta[a]phenanth
ren-3-ol |
C29H48O |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Gonorrhea (decoction) |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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