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Botanical Name |
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Lens culinaris Medic. |
English
Name |
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Lentil |
Synonym(s) |
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Lens esculenta Moench, Ervum lens Linn. |
Family |
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Fabaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A small, erect, softly pubescent herb, 15-75 cm. high, with compound leaves and white, rose, red or violet flowers borne solitarily or in 2-4 flowered racemes; pod smooth, compressed, oblong or rhomboid, 1-1.5 cm. long, containing two smooth, compressed, lenticular seeds, varying in colour from pale pinkish buff to prussian red. |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Kaempferol-3-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside-7-O- beta-glucopyranoside, kaempferol-7-O-rutinoside, ciceritol, saccharides, sterol, 24-methylene-25-methylcholesterol, thiamin, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, choline, folic acid, inositol, pantothenic acid, biotin, pyridoxin, carotene, ascorbic acid, vitamin K and tocopherol.
and flavonoids. |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Thiamin |
59-43-8 |
2-[3-[(4-amino-2-met
hyl-pyrimidin-5-yl)m
ethyl]-4-methyl-1-th
ia-3-azoni
acyclope
nta-2,4-dien-5-yl]et
hanol |
C12H17N4OS+ |
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| Riboflavin |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C17H21N4O9P |
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| Nicotinic acid |
99148-57-9 |
pyridine-3-carboxyli
c acid |
C6H5NO2 |
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| Choline |
67-48-1 |
2-hydroxyethyl-trime
thyl-ammonium |
C5H14NO+ |
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| Folic acid |
6484-89-5 |
2-[4-[(2-amino-4-oxo
-1H-pteridin-6-yl)me
thylamino]benzoyl]am
inopentane
dioic
acid |
C19H19N7O6 |
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| Pantothenic acid |
599-54-2 |
3-[(2,4-dihydroxy-3,
3-dimethyl-butanoyl)
amino]propanoic acid |
C9H17NO5 |
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| Pyridoxine |
58-56-0 |
4,5-bis(hydroxymethy
l)-2-methyl-pyridin-
3-ol |
C8H11NO3 |
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| Ascorbic acid |
Not Available |
2-(1,2-dihydroxyethy
l)-4,5-dihydroxy-fur
an-3-one |
C6H8O6 |
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| Vitamin K |
6740-88-1 |
2-(2-chlorophenyl)-2
-methylamino-cyclohe
xan-1-one |
C13H16ClNO |
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| Tocopherol |
59-02-9 |
2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-
2-(4,8,12-trimethylt
ridecyl)chroman-6-ol |
C29H50O2 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Constipation and other intestinal affections (seeds); cleansing application in foul and indolent ulcers (seed paste) |
| Reference |
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 Sharma, Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants.
The Himalaya Drug Company. |
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