Sagittaria sagittifolia Linn. |
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Botanical Name |
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Sagittaria sagittifolia Linn. |
English
Name |
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Old-World Arrowhead |
Synonym(s) |
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Sagittaria japonica Hort. |
Family |
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Alismataceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A common scapigerous plant with a stoloniferous rhizome; emerged leaves sagittate with narrow divergent basal lobes; scape 15-45 cm long with 3-5 whorls of 3-5 flowers each, lower of female and upper of male flowers; petals white, often with a purple claw; achenes flattened, with broad, entire or subcrenate wings. |
| Herb Effects |
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Antiinflammatory, acrid and astringent (plant) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Sagittariol (a diterpine), hentriacontanone and beta-sitosterol (plant). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Sagittariol |
Not Available |
(2R)-1-[2-(hydroxyme
thyl)-5,5,8a-trimeth
yl-1,4,4a,6,7,8-hexa
hydronapht
halen-1-
yl]-2-methyl-but-3-e
n-2-ol |
C19H32O2 |
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| Hentriacontane |
630-04-6 |
hentriacontane |
C31H64 |
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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-cyclopenta[a]phe
nanthren-3-ol |
C29H50O |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Antidote for insect and snake bites, itch, foul sores, scrofulous ulcers, breast inflammation and sore throat (leaf); for gravel and lochia (tuber). |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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