Hiptage benghalensis Kurz. |
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Botanical Name |
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Hiptage benghalensis Kurz. |
English
Name |
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Hiptage |
Synonym(s) |
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Hiptage madablota Gaertn., Triopteris jamaicensis L. |
Family |
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Malpighiaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A large, handsome, evergreen climbing shrub. Bark brown, exfoliating in flakes : leaves opposite, 4-6 in. long, elliptic-oblong or ovatelanceolate ; flowers fragrant, silky, in racemes : petals fringed, white, uppermost yellowish ; fruit of 1-3 unequally winged samaras : seeds subglobose. |
| Herb Effects |
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Hot, acrid, bitter, insecticidal, vulnerary (leaf and bark) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Hiptagin (bark)friedelin, epi-friedelinol, octacosanol, a-amyrin, ß-sitosterol its -ß-D-glucoside and traces of alkaloid (stem and its bark) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Friedelin |
559-74-0 |
4,4a,6a,6b,8a,11,11,
14a-octamethyl-2,4,5
,6,6a,7,8,9,10,12,12
a,13,14,14
b-tetrad
ecahydro-1H-picen-3-
one |
C30H50O |
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| Epifriedelinol |
16844-71-6 |
4,4a,6a,6b,8a,11,11,
14a-octamethyl-1,2,3
,4,4a,5,6,6a,6a,6b,7
,8,8a,9,10
,11,12,1
2a,13,14,14a,14b-doc
osahydropicen-3-ol |
C30H52O |
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| Octacosanol |
67905-27-5 |
Octacosan-1-ol |
C28H58O |
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| alpha-Amyrin |
638-95-9 |
4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,12,1
4b-octamethyl-2,3,4a
,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,
12a,14,14a
-tetrade
cahydro-1H-picen-3-o
l |
C30H50O |
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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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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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In cutaneous diseases, for scabies (leaves); in chronic rheumatism and asthma (plant); biliousness, cough, burning sensation, thirst and inflammation (leaf and bark) |
| Reference |
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 Sharma PV. Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants.
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