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Botanical Name |
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Spilanthes acmella MURR. |
English
Name |
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Paracress |
Synonym(s) |
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Spilanthes calva DC., Spilanthes pseudoacmella auct. non (L.) Murr. |
Family |
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Asteraceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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An annual herb up to 60 cm tall. Stems erect or decumbent at base, more or less hairy. Leaves opposite, triangular ovate or lanceolate, margins dentate or almost entire, sparsely pubescent beneath. Flower heads ovoid, pale yellow or white, long-peduncled, solitary or in terminal panicles. |
| Herb Effects |
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Kills mosquito larvae (flower); alleviates spasms and stimulates the cardiovascular system (plant); purgative (roots). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Spilanthol (flower); alpha and beta-amyrin esters, stigmasterol and myricyl alcohol (plant). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Spilanthol |
25394-57-4 |
N-butan-2-yldeca-2,4
,8-trienamide |
C14H23NO |
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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-Amyrin |
559-70-6 |
4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,11,1
4b-octamethyl-1,2,3,
4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,1
2a,14,14a-
tetradec
ahydropicen-3-ol |
C30H50O |
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| Stigmasterol |
4736-55-4 |
17-(4-ethyl-1,5-dime
thyl-hex-2-enyl)-10,
13-dimethyl-1,2,4,5,
6,7,8,9,10
,11,12,1
3,14,15,16,17-hexade
cahydrocyclopenta[a]
phenanthren-3-one |
C29H48O |
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| Myricyl alcohol |
67905-26-4 |
triacontan-1-ol |
C30H62O |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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For malaria, toothache (flower); promotes salivation (seed); to treat dysentery (plant); used as a bath for relieving rheumatism and as a lotion for scabies and psoriasis (decoction). |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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