Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav. |
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Botanical Name |
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Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav. |
English
Name |
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Asphodel |
Synonym(s) |
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Asphodelus fistulosus Linn. var. tenuifolius Baker |
Family |
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Liliaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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An erect, glabrous annual with short rhizomes. Leaves radical, 15-30 cm, linear, acuminate; scape 45-90 cm; flowers white with a central red brown streak, in lax racemes; capsule globose; seeds trigonous. |
| Herb Effects |
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Insecticide (plant) ; diuretic (seeds) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Myristic, palmitic, linolic and oleic acids, beta-amyrin and beta-sitosterol (seed oil); quercetin and lupeol (plant); phenylalanine, isoleucine, alanine, threonine, serine, arginine, glycine, lysine, cystine, proline, tyrosine, and glutamic and aspartic acids (seeds). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Myristic Acid |
Not Available |
Hexane |
C6H14 |
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| Palmitic acid |
66321-94-6 |
hexadecanoic acid |
C16H32O2 |
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| Oleic acid |
8046-01-3 |
octadec-9-enoic acid |
C18H34O2 |
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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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| 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, |
C29H50O |
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| Quercetin |
Not Available |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-3,4,5-trihydroxy
-chromen-7-one |
C15H10O7 |
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| Lupeol |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C30H50O |
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| Alanine |
35597-43-4 |
2-[2-[2-amino-4-(hyd
roxy-methyl-phosphor
yl)-butanoyl]aminopr
opanoylami
no]propa
noic acid |
C11H22N3O6P |
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| Serine |
6898-95-9 |
2-amino-3-hydroxy-pr
opanoic acid |
C3H7NO3 |
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| Arginine |
7004-12-8 |
2-amino-5-guanidino-
pentanoic acid |
C6H14N4O2 |
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| Glycine |
87867-94-5 |
2-aminoacetic acid |
C2H5NO2 |
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| Lysine |
923-27-3 |
2,6-diaminohexanoic
acid |
C6H14N2O2 |
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| Cysteine |
4371-52-2 |
2-amino-3-sulfanyl-p
ropanoic acid |
C3H7NO2S |
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| Proline |
344-25-2 |
pyrrolidine-2-carbox
ylic acid |
C5H9NO2 |
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| Tyrosine |
556-02-5 |
2-amino-3-(4-hydroxy
phenyl)-propanoic
acid |
C9H11NO3 |
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| Glutamic acid |
Not Available |
2-aminopentanedioic
acid |
C5H9NO4 |
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| Aspartic acid |
6899-03-2 |
2-aminobutanedioic
acid |
C4H7NO4 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Diuretic, applied externally to ulcers and inflamed parts of the body (seeds); in atherosclerosis (seed and its oil). |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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