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Tinospora cordifolia  (WILLD.) HOOK.F. & THOMS

   

Botanical Name

:

Tinospora cordifolia (WILLD.) HOOK.F. & THOMS

English Name

:

Tinospora gulancha

Synonym(s)

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Tinospora glabra (Burm f.) Merrill. Menispermum cordifolium Willd., Cocculus cordifolius DC, Menispermum glabrum Brum. f.

Family

:

Menispermaceae

 

General Info

Description

It is a large, glabrous, deciduous climbing shrub. The stems are rather succulent with long filiform fleshy aerial roots from the branches. The bark is grey-brown and warty; the leaves are membranous and cordate; the flowers, small, yellow or greenish yellow, in axillary and terminal racemes or racemose panicles; the male flowers clustered and females usually solitary; the drupes are ovoid, glossy, succulent, red and pea-sized; the seeds curved.

Herb Effects

Antiperiodic, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic.

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Chemistry

Active Ingredients

Tinsporine, tinosporide, tinosporaside, cordifolide, cordifol, heptacosanol, clerodane furano diterpene, diterpenoid furanolactone tinosporidine, columbin, and ß-sitosterol.

Chemistry of Active Ingredients
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CAS#

IUPAC Name

Formula

Structure

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Tinosporide 17226-41-4 Not Available C20H22O7 Click Here To Enlarge
Heptacosanol 2004-39-9 Heptacosan-1-ol C27H56O Click Here To Enlarge
Columbin 546-97-4 Not Available C20H22O6 Click Here To Enlarge

Pharmacology

Medicinal Use

To treat fever (irregular and chronic), jaundice, thrist, vomiting, arthritis, skin diseases, cough, as rejuvenative for purifying breast-milk, eye diseases,secondary syphilis, rheumatism, constipation, tuberculosis, and leprosy. It is a blood purifier and may be useful in AIDS and other immune diseases also. It is also being proposed for cancer patients before and after chemotherapy.

Contraindication

Generally regarded as safe. Safety in young children, pregnant or nursing women, or those with severe liver or kidney disease is not known.

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