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Botanical Name |
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Phyllanthus urinaria L. |
Synonym(s) |
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Phyllanthus leprocarpus Wight. |
Family |
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Euphorbiaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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An erect, annual or perennial herb 30 to 60 cm tall. Leaves disticous, closely placed, oblong-elliptic 6 to 13 mm long and 2.5 to 6.0 mm wide, apex apiculate, base rounded, stipules peltate. Flowers minute axillary, yellowish-white; male flowers pedicelled and fascicled, female solitary and sessile; sepals 0.8 to 1.0 mm long. Fruits capsules globose, scarcely lobed, echinate. Seeds 1.5 mm long, trigonous and rounded. |
| Herb Effects |
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The plant has astringent, deobstruent, stomachic, carminative, diuretic, febrifugal, antiseptic, cooling properties, antidropsical, antigonorrheic and antibacterial (plant) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Quercetin, quercitrin, rutin and astragalin (stem and leaf). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Quercetin |
Not Available |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-3,4,5-trihydroxy
-chromen-7-one |
C15H10O7 |
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| Quercitrin |
6151-25-3 |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-
(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
methyl-oxa
n-2-yl)o
xy-chromen-7-one |
C21H20O11 |
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| Rutin |
Not Available |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
[(3,4,5-tr
ihydroxy
-6-methyl-tetrahydro
pyran-2-yl)oxymethyl
]tetrahydropyran-2-y
l]
oxy-chromen-7-on
e trihydrate |
C27H36O19 |
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| Astragalin |
480-10-4 |
4,5-dihydroxy-2-(4-h
ydroxyphenyl)-3-[3,4
,5-trihydroxy-6-(hyd
roxymethyl
)oxan-2-
yl]oxy-chromen-7-one |
C21H20O11 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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To treat dropsy, gonorrhoea, frequent menstruation, anemia and diabetes and as a poultice for skin ulcers, sores, swelling and itchiness (whole plant); used in jaundice and gonorrhoea (decoction of leaves); in treating kidney and gall stones, the lowering of viral load in hepatitis disease (Dried leaves) |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Uniyal et al., Medicinal Plants of Garhwal Himalayas.
Sharma, Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants. |
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