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Botanical Name |
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Carissa congesta Wight. |
English
Name |
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Christ's Thorn |
Synonym(s) |
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Carissa carandas Linn. var. congesta Beddome; Carissa carandas Grah.; Hook. |
Family |
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Apocynaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A large variable, spiny, erect or scandent shrub. Leaves broadly ovate, sub-acute or obtuse, slightly emarginate at apex; flowers white, in terminal corymbose cymes; berries spherical or ellipsoid, purple, 8-25 mm long, normally four seeded. |
| Herb Effects |
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Astringent (unripe fruit) and anti- tubercular activity against strains of Mycobacterium phlei and M. 607 (root); laxative (fruit) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Glucosides, carissone, carindone and carinol (root); beta-sitosterol and lupeol (root, stem, bark and leaf). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Carinol |
58139-12-1 |
2,3-bis[(4-hydroxy-3
-methoxy-phenyl)meth
yl]butane-1,2,4-trio
l |
C20H26O7 |
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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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| Lupeol |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C30H50O |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Bile problems (unripe fruit); remittent fever, diarrhea, oral inflammation and earache (leaf decoction); as antiscorbutic and remedy for biliousness (ripe fruit); for itches and to lower blood pressure (roots). |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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