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Botanical Name |
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Pistia stratiotes Linn. |
English
Name |
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Water Lettuce |
Family |
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Araceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A floating aquatic, stoloniferous herb. Leaves sessile, ovate to obovatecuneate, densely pubescent; spathe 2-4 cm long, tubular at its base, free and spreading above, slightly constricted above the middle; flowers minute, sessile on a spadix; fruits ovoid to ellipsoid, green, crowned by persistent style; seeds few to many, oblong or ovoid with a broad top. |
| Herb Effects |
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Antiseptic, antitubercular and antidysenteric (plant); anthelmintic (leaves) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Stigmastane, linolic acid, g-linolenic acid |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Stigmastane |
Not Available |
17-(5-ethyl-6-methyl
-heptan-2-yl)-10,13-
dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7
,8,9,11,12
,14,15,1
6,17-tetradecahydro-
1H-cyclopenta[a]phen
anthrene |
C29H52 |
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| Linolic acid |
8024-22-4 |
(9Z,12Z)-octadeca-9,
12-dienoic acid |
C18H32O2 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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As an anodyne for eyewash, in ear complaints (plants); in eczema, in chronic skin diseases, leprosy, ulcers, piles and syphilis (leaves) |
| Reference |
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 Sharma PV. Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants.
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