Echallium elaterium (L.) A. Rich. |
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Botanical Name |
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Echallium elaterium (L.) A. Rich. |
English
Name |
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Squirting Cucumber, Wild Cucumber |
Family |
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Cucurbitaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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Perennial plant but in Britain an annual with a large fleshy root from which rise several round thick stems branching and trailing like the Common Cucumber but without tendrils; leaves heartshaped rough; flower-stalks auxillary. |
| Herb Effects |
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Hydrogogue, cathartic. |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Elaterin (green resin), starch, lignin, and saline matter. |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Elaterin |
Not Available |
[(E)-6-[(8S,9R,13R,1
7R)-2,16-dihydroxy-4
,4,9,13,14-pentameth
yl-3,11-di
oxo-8,10
,12,15,16,17-hexahyd
ro-7H-cyclopenta[a]p
henanthren-17-yl]-6-
hy
droxy-2-methyl-5
-oxo-hept-3-en-2-yl]
acetate |
C32H44O8 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Hepatitis (nasal drops US patent), increase urine flow. |
Dealers
Products
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Health Remedies 
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