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Botanical Name |
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Callicarpa arborea Roxb. |
Family |
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Verbenaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A moderate-sized, evergreen tree, up to 15 m in height and 90 cm in girth, with a bole up to 4.5 m. Bark dark brown or grey, somewhat rough with shallow fissures, sometimes corky; leaves ovate to narrow-oblong, 15-20 cm long, acute; flowers lavender or pale purple, in axillary cymes; drupes purple-black. |
| Herb Effects |
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Carminative, aromatic, bitter, tonic (bark); diuretic (aerial part). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Ursolic and oleanolic acids (with their acetates), beta-sitosterol, beta-amyrin and maslinic acid (leaf); methyl-betulinate and baurenol (bark). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Ursolic acid |
77-52-1 |
10-hydroxy-1,2,6a,6b
,9,9,12a-heptamethyl
-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a
,10,11,12,
13,14b-t
etradecahydro-1H-pic
ene-4a-carboxylic
acid |
C30H48O3 |
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| Oleanolic acid |
508-02-1 |
10-hydroxy-2,2,6a,6b
,9,9,12a-heptamethyl
-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a
,10,11,12,
13,14b-t
etradecahydropicene-
4a-carboxylic acid |
C30H48O3 |
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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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| beta-Amyrin |
559-70-6 |
4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,11,1
4b-octamethyl-1,2,3,
4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,1
2a,14,14a-
tetradec
ahydropicen-3-ol |
C30H50O |
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| Maslinic acid |
4373-41-5 |
10,11-dihydroxy-2,2,
6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptam
ethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7
,8,8a,10,1
1,12,13,
14b-tetradecahydropi
cene-4a-carboxylic
acid |
C30H48O4 |
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| Baurenol |
6466-94-0 |
4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,12,1
4b-octamethyl-2,3,4a
,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,12
a,13,14,14
a-tetrad
ecahydro-1H-picen-3-
ol |
C30H50O |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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In skin diseases, as a tonic and carminative (bark). |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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