Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | アカメガシワ |
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| Formal name | 赤芽柏 | |
| Japanese name | あかめがしわ, Akamegashiwa | |
| Latin name | Malloti Cortex (JP) | |
| English name | Mallotus Bark (JP) | |
| Original plant name | Mallotus japonicus Muell.- Arg., (Akamegashiwa) | |
| Family name | Euphorbiaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | bark |
| Collection information | Japan, Osaka Pref. , Tochimoto Tenkaido Co., Ltd. | |
| Collection date | 2015/00/00 | |
| Collector | Katsuko Komatsu | |
| Remarks | Sample to be used for the 2nd Kampo-Sommelier exam | |
| TMPW No. | 29019 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Common name | アカメガシワ（赤芽柏，将軍木皮）, Akamegashiwa, Malloti Cortex (JP), Mallotus Bark (JP) | |||
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| Original plant name | Mallotus japonicus Mueller Argoviensis, (Akamegashiwa) | |||
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| Family name | Euphorbiaceae | |||
| Used part | bark | |||
| Official compendium | JP XIX | |||
| Clinical application | It is used as an antiulcer agent for gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, gastrointestinal disorders, cholelithiasis, and related conditions. | |||
| Medical system | Folk medicine | |||
| Chemical constituent | Cardiac glycosides (*C1): [種子/seed] Corotoxigenin, Mallogenin, Coroglaucigenin, Panogeninの3-O-alpha-L-Rhamnopyranosideと3-O-beta-D-Glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-alpha-L-Rhamnopyranoside, Corotoxigenin beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside Flavones & Flavonols (*C1): [樹皮/bark] Rutin Tannins (*C1): [葉/leaf] Geraniin, Mallotusinic acid, Mallotinic acid Other aromatic derivatives (*C1): [樹皮/bark] Bergenin (*C2,C3): [果皮/pericarp] Butyrylmallotochromene, Isobutyrylmallotochromene, Isomallotochromanol, Isomallotolerin | |||
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| Pharmacological effect | Bile excretion（water extract of bark：suppression，water extract of leaves：stimulation in small doses，suppression at large doses）．Suppression in gastric juices secretion（bergenin）． | |||
| DNA sequence | AJ275677, AJ275678 | |||
| Disease | Gastric ulcer, Duodenal ulcer, Dyskinesia of the colon, Cholelithiasis, Acid indigestion | |||
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| Related drugs | Kamara (see Remarks) | |||
| References | JP19: The 19th edition of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia. C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. II, pp 150-153. C2)J.Nat.Prod.,51,708(1988). C3)Chem.Pharm.Bull.,38,698(1990). | |||
| Remarks | The leaves of Akamegashiwa are applied externally for for boils and swellings. The hairs and glandular hairs on the surface of the fruits of Mallotus philippinensis Muell.-Arg., which belongs to the same genus as Akamegashiwa, are called Kamala and are used as a taeniacide. | |||
| Last renewal date | 2026/05/12 | |||
