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Botanical Name |
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Tilia cordata Mill |
English
Name |
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Small-leaved Lime |
Synonym(s) |
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Tilia microphylla Vent., Tilia parvifolia Ehrh., Tilia ulmifolia Scop. |
Family |
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Tiliaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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Large tree 20-35 m tall, with a trunk up to 1-1.5 m diameter. Leaves alternate, simple, ovate to cordate, 2 to 4 inches long, with serrate margins, pinnately veined, inequilateral base, green above and paler below. Flowers monoecious; pale yellow, borne below a long, gracefully curving leafy wing in a many branched cluster, emit an odor similar to honey (the sepals contain nectar); the fruit is a globe-shaped. |
| Herb Effects |
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Antispasmodic, diaphoretic, expectorant, hypotensive, laxative and sedative (flowers) |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Farnesol (a small concentration of essential oil); kaemp-feritrin, tiliroside and afzelin (flowers); taraxerol (bark) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Farnesol |
Not Available |
3,7,11-trimethyldode
ca-2,6,10-trien-1-ol |
C15H26O |
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| Tiliroside |
20316-62-5 |
[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6S)-6-
[5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-
hydroxyphenyl)-4-oxo
-chromen-3
-yl]oxy-
3,4,5-trihydroxy-oxa
n-2-yl]methyl
(E)-3-(4-hydroxyphen
yl)prop-
2-enoate |
C30H26O13 |
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| Afzelin |
Not Available |
5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-h
ydroxyphenyl)-3-[(2S
,3R,4R,5S,6S)-3,4,5-
trihydroxy
-6-methy
l-oxan-2-yl]oxy-chro
men-4-one |
C21H20O10 |
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| Taraxerol |
22076-46-6 |
4,4,6a,6a,8a,11,11,1
4b-octamethyl-1,2,3,
4a,5,6,8,9,10,12,12a
,13,14,14a
-tetrade
cahydropicen-3-ol |
C30H50O |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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In maladies associated with chills (such as influenza and catarrh), in the treatment of colds and other ailments where sweating is desirable (flowers); in the treatment of indigestion, hypertension, hardening of the arteries, hysteria, nervous vomiting or palpitation (flower tea); gastric or dyspeptic disturbances, to burns or sore places (wood) |
| Reference |
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 Stary, Medicinal Herbs and Plants.
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