Vernonia anthelmintica (L.) Willd |
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Botanical Name |
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Vernonia anthelmintica (L.) Willd |
English
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Ironweed |
Synonym(s) |
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Conyza anthelmintica Roxb |
Family |
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Asteraceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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An erect, pubescent, annual herb up to 90 cm tall. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 5 to 9 cm long and 2.5 to 3.2 cm wide, apex acute, base tapering into the petiole, margins coarsely serrate, pubescent on both surfaces. Florets violet or purple, in many flowered, homogamous, solitary, axillary or terminal heads, with a linear bract near the top of the peduncle; involucral bracts linear, hairy. |
| Herb Effects |
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Anthelmintic and antiviral |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Vernodanol, stigmasterol and stigmastatrienol acetate. |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Vernodalol |
65388-17-2 |
[8a-ethenyl-5-hydrox
y-6-(1-methoxycarbon
ylethenyl)-4-methyli
dene-3-oxo
-1,4a,5,
6,7,8-hexahydroisoch
romen-7-yl]
2-(hydroxymethyl)pro
p-2-enoate |
C20H24O8 |
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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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As a scorpion sting antidote, anthelmintic, tonic and increasing the secretion of gastric juices. The seeds are anthelmintic and are used in many areas as a febrifuge and for treating skin diseases and leucoderma in Ayurvedic practice. The seeds are also tonic, stomachic and diuretic. |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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