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Indian Medicinal
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Raw Herbs |
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Solena amplexicaulis (Lam.) Gandhi |
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Botanical Name |
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Solena amplexicaulis (Lam.) Gandhi |
English
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Creeping cucumber |
Family |
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Cucurbitaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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Scadent herb with tuberous roots. Leaves polymorphic. Flowers small, yellow. Fruit oblong, indehiscent, red when ripe, edible. |
| Herb Effects |
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Antiinflammatory (leaf); stimulant and purgative (root); diuretic, stimulates the central nervous system and hypothermic (aerial part). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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A steroid and tricosanoic, lignoceric and behenic acids (plant). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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IUPAC Name |
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| Tricosanoic acid |
98978-62-2 |
tricosanoic acid |
C23H46O2 |
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| Lignoceric acid |
66502-42-9 |
tetracosanoic acid |
C24H48O2 |
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| Behenic acid |
7211-53-2 |
docosanoic acid |
C22H44O2 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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In spermatorrhea, gonorrhea and as a stimulant (root); antiinflammatory (leaf). |
| Reference |
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Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India. |
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