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Botanical Name |
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Agave americana Linn. |
English
Name |
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Century plant, Maguey, American Aloe |
Synonym(s) |
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Agave cantula, Agave cantala |
Family |
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Agavaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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Herb, has no stem. Its thick and massive gray-green leaves originate from a basal rosette. The leaves get up to 6' long and 10" wide, and have sharp spines on the margins and tips. The flower stalk is branched, 20-40' tall, and bears large (3-4") yellow-green flowers. |
| Herb Effects |
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Diuretic (root); anticancer, laxative, emmenagogue and piscicidial (leaf); diaphoretic, dropsy, venereal sores, dysentery. |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Chlorogenin, kaempferol-3-glucoside and kaempferol-3-rutinoside (flower); agavasaponins (leaf); oxalic acid, tigogenin, xylose (plant). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Chlorogenin |
562-34-5 |
Not Available |
C27H44O4 |
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| Kaempferol-3-glucoside |
Not Available |
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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| Kaempferol-3-rutinoside |
17353-03-6 |
7-[4,5-dihydroxy-6-(
hydroxymethyl)-3-(3,
4,5-trihydroxy-6-met
hyl-oxan-2
-yl)oxy-
oxan-2-yl]oxy-3,4-di
hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxy
phenyl)-chromen-5-on
e |
C27H30O15 |
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| Tigogenin |
82597-74-8 |
Not Available |
C27H44O3 |
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| Oxalic acid |
553-91-3 |
Oxalic acid |
C2H2O4 |
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| Xylose |
25990-60-7 |
Oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol |
C5H10O5 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Syphilis, scrofula, to bruises, cancer, for indigestion, flatulence, constipation, jaundice, dysentery and gonorrhea (leaf juice); for toothache (gum from root and leaf). |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Peana AT. Moretti MD. Manconi V. Desole G. Pippia P. Anti-inflammatory activity of aqueous extracts and steroidal sapogenins of Agave americana. Planta Med 1997 Jun;63(3):199-202. |
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