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Botanical Name |
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Sonchus oleraceus Linn. |
English
Name |
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Annual sow thistle, Milk Thistle |
Family |
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Asteraceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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Perennial glandular weed, 60-100 cm tall with a perennial creeping rootstock. Stem sub-umbellately branched; leaves lanceolate or pinnatifid, semi-amplexicaul, dentate; flower heads yellow, in irregular umbellate cymes; achenes compressed, longitudinally ribbed, light brown. |
| Herb Effects |
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Galactogogue (plant); febrifuge (leaf and root); laxative (gum); vermifuge (roots); hydrogogue and cathartic (stem juice) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Ascorbic acid, apigenin, beta-carotene, cichorin, esculetin, luteolin, niacin, riboflavin, scopoletin, thiamin (leaf); luteolin-7-glucoside, scopoletin, taraxasterol (plant) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Scopoletin |
92-61-5 |
2-hydroxy-6-methoxy-
chromen-7-one |
C10H8O4 |
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| Esculetin |
Not Available |
2,6-dihydroxychromen
-7-one |
C9H6O4 |
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| Apigenin |
520-36-5 |
4,5-dihydroxy-2-(4-h
ydroxyphenyl)-chrome
n-7-one |
C15H10O5 |
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| Luteolin |
Not Available |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-ch
romen-7-one |
C15H10O6 |
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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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| beta-Carotene |
Not Available |
3,7,12,16-tetramethy
l-1,18-bis(2,6,6-tri
methyl-1-cyclohexeny
l)-octadec
a-1,3,5,
7,9,11,13,15,17-nona
ene |
C40H56 |
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| Niacin |
99148-57-9 |
Pyridine-3-carboxyli
c acid |
C6H5NO2 |
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| Riboflavin |
Not Available |
Not Available |
C17H21N4O9P |
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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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| Luteolin-7-glucoside |
5373-11-5 |
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4-hydroxy-7-[3,4
,5-trihydroxy-6-(hyd
roxymethyl
)oxan-2-
yl]oxy-chromen-5-one |
C21H20O11 |
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| Taraxasterol |
1059-14-9 |
4,4,6a,6b,8a,12,14b-
heptamethyl-11-methy
lidene-1,2,3,4a,5,6,
6a,7,8,9,1
0,12,12a
,13,14,14a-hexadecah
ydropicen-3-ol |
C30H50O |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Reducing fever, in indigestion and intestinal worms (root an leaf); as a laxative and liver tonic (gum); to dress wounds and ulcers (decoction) |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Uniyal et al., Medicinal Flora of Garhwal Himalayas. |
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