Vinca pusilla Murr.; Lochnera pusilla (Murr.) K. Schum.
Family
:
Apocynaceae
General Info
Description
An erect much-branched, indigenous, glabrous annual herb, 15-60 cm in height. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate; flowers solitary or in pairs, white; follicles small, divergent, membranous, in pairs; seeds sub-cylindric, ribbed, black.
Chemistry
Active Ingredients
Pusilline and pusilinine (plant); vindorosine, vindoline and rauwolscine (aerial part).
Chemistry
of Active Ingredients
Name
CAS#
IUPAC Name
Formula
Structure
Vindorosine
Not Available
Not Available
C24H30N2O5
Vindoline
2182-14-1
Not Available
C25H32N2O6
Rauwolscine
6211-32-1
Not Available
C21H26N2O3
Pharmacology
Medicinal Use
Lumbago (plant)
Reference
Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Tin-Wa M. Farnsworth NR. Fong HH. Trojanek J. Catharanthus alkaloids. XXV. Isolation of leurosine and ursolic acid from C. pusillus Lloydia 1970 Jun;33(2):261-3.
Health Remedies 
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