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Botanical Name |
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Curculigo orchioides |
English
Name |
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Orchid palm grass, Black musale, Common curculigo, Golden eye-grass. |
Synonym(s) |
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Curculigo malabarica Wight, Hypoxis orchioides Kurz. |
Family |
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Amaryllidaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A small perennial herb. Leaves arising from the base, 15 to 45 cm long, linear, sparsely hairy, apex acute, bears bulbils. Flowers small, bright yellow, star shaped, borne aw short scapes. Fruit capsule, hypogeous, 1.3 cm long. Seeds 1 to 4, oblong, black shiny, deeply grooved with wavy lines. |
| Herb Effects |
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Alleviates spasms, anticancer and hypoglycemic (plant); aphrodisiac (rhizome), demulcent, diuretic, tonic. |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Corchioside A, curculigoside, yuccagenin, lycorine, three aliphatic hydroxy ketones and long-chained fatty acids (rhizome). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Curculigoside |
85643-19-2 |
[5-hydroxy-2-[3,4,5-
trihydroxy-6-(hydrox
ymethyl)oxan-2-yl]ox
y-phenyl]m
ethyl
2,6-dimethoxybenzoat
e |
C22H26O11 |
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| Yuccagenin |
511-97-7 |
Not Available |
C27H42O4 |
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| Lycorine |
21416-14-8 |
Not Available |
C16H17NO4 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Hemorrhoids, asthma, jaundice, as an aphrodisiac and a tonic (rhizome); in piles, debility and impotence (roots) |
| Contraindication |
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This herb is contraindicated in cases with deficient yin and excessive fire. |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Sharma, Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants. |
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