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Botanical Name |
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Buddleja asiatica Lour. |
English
Name |
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Butterfly Bush and Dogtail |
Synonym(s) |
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Buddleja neemda Buch.-Ham. |
Family |
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Buddlejaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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An evergreen undershrub or shrub, 0.9-1.8 m in height. Leaves lanceolate, oblong or acuminate; flowers white, fragrant, in erect or drooping terminal panicled spikes; fruits ellipsoid. |
| Herb Effects |
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Antibacterial (essential oil); abortifacient (flower); inhibitory activity against cyclo-oxygenase; abortifacient (plant) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Linarin and quercetin (flower); beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol and n-alkanes (leaf). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Linarin |
480-36-4 |
4-hydroxy-2-(4-metho
xyphenyl)-7-[3,4,5-t
rihydroxy-6-[(3,4,5-
trihydroxy
-6-methy
l-oxan-2-yl)oxymethy
l]oxan-2-yl]oxy-chro
men-5-one |
C28H32O14 |
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| Quercetin |
Not Available |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-3,4,5-trihydroxy
-chromen-7-one |
C15H10O7 |
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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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| 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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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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In skin diseases and as an abortifacient (flower); lowers blood pressure (leaf). |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Liao YH. Houghton PJ. Hoult JR. Novel and known constituents from Buddleja species and their activity against leukocyte eicosanoid generation. J Nat Prod 1999 Sep;62(9):1241-5. |
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