Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | Dronpuspa |
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Formal name | Dronapuspi | |
Other names Tips! | Dronpushpi (T), Barahalkasa (B), Goma, Motapati (H), Tumpa (M), Tumni, Peddatumni (Te), Dron pusni (N) | |
Original plant name | Leucas aspera Spreng. (= Leucas plukenetii (Roth.) Spreng.) | |
Family name | Labiatae | |
Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | inflorescence |
Collection information | Kingdom of Nepal, Kathmandu, Gyan Man Singh, Jaget Hil Man Singh | |
Collection date | 1986/08/22 | |
Collector | Tsuneo Namba, et al. | |
TMPW No. | 5580 |
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Scientific information data base
Crude drug name | Ayurvedic name or Sanskrit name, English name | Dronapuspi (Inflorescence) | |||
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Original plant name | Leucas aspera Spreng. (= Leucas plukenetii (Roth.) Spreng.) | ||||
Family name | Labiatae | ||||
Used part | Flower | ||||
Distribution area | Occurs more or less throughout India as a weed in cultivated fields, waste lands and road sides. | ||||
Common uses | Flowers are given with honey for coughs and colds in children. | ||||
Chemical constituent | Fatty acids Oleic acid (*C6, *C9), Linoleic acid (*C6, *C9), Palmitic acid (*C6, *C9), Stearic acid (*C6, *C9) Other aliphatic and related compounds 28-Hydroxypentatriacontan-7-one (*C3), 7-Hydroxydotriacontan-2-one (*C3), 1-Hydroxytetratriacontan-4-one (*C4), 32-Methyltetratriacontan-8-ol (*C4), Dotriacontanol (*C4) Triterpenoids Leucolactone (*C5), Oleanolic acid (*C8), Ursolic acid (*C8) Sterols beta-Sitosterol (*C7, *C8, *C9), alpha2-Sitosterol (*C7) Lignans & Neolignans Nectandrin B (*C1), meso-Dihydroguaiaretic acid (*C1), Macelignan (*C1), Erythro-2-(4-allyl-2,6-dimethoxyphenoxy)-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)propan-1-ol (*C1), Myristagenol B (*C1), Machilin C (*C1), (-)-Chicanin (*C1) Flavonoids Acacetin (*C1), Apigenin (*C1), Chrysoeriol (*C1), Apigenin-7-O-[6”-O-(p-coumaroyl)-beta-D-glucoside (*C1) Phenol derivatives 4-(24’-hydroxy-1’-oxo-5’-n-propyltetracosanyl)-phenol (*C2) | ||||
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Pharmacological effect | An alcoholic extract of leaves shows anti-bacterial activity against Micrococcus pyogenes var. aureus and Escherichia coli. The plant contains an alkaloid and a glucoside; the latter on hydrolysis gives an optically active substance which stops the isolated frog's heart in diastole. | ||||
Medical system | Ayurveda (Traditional Indian medicine) | ||||
Related drugs | Leucas stricta Benth., Leucas indica (L.) R. Br. ex Vartke; Leucas cephalotes (Roth) Spreng. | ||||
References | Reference book Tips! | [2] Indian Medicinal Plants - A Compendium of 500 species, Varier, P.S., Orient Longman Ltd. Chennai (Madras) Vol. 3 (Repr.1996), pp 316-318. Indian Medicinal Plants (Second Edition), Vols. 1-5, 1993. Kirtikar, K.R. and Basu. B.D., Periodical Experts Book Agency, Delhi Vol. 3, pp 2019-2020. | |||
Research paper | *C1 Sadhu, S. K., Okuyama, E., Fugimoto, H. and Ishibashi, M., Chem. Pharm. Bull, 51, 595-598 (2003). *C2 Misra, T. N., Singh, R. S., Pandey, H. S., Singh, S., Indian J. Chem. Sect. B: 34B, 1108-1110 (1995). *C3 Misra, T. N., Singh, R. S., Prasad, C. and Singh, S., Phytochemistry, 32, 199-201 (1992). *C4 Misra, T. N., Singh, R. S., Pandey, H. S., and Singh, S., Phytochemistry, 31, 1809-1810 (1992). *C5 Pradhan, B. P., Chakraborty, D. K., Subba, G. C., Phytochemistry, 29, 1693-1695 (1990). *C6 Badami, R. C. and Patil, K. B., J. Oil Technologists’ Association of India, 7, 82-84 (1975). *C7 Khaleque, A., Huq, M. E., Huq, M. S. and Mansoor, M. H., Scientific Researches, 7, 125-127 (1970). *C8 Chaudhury, N. A., Ghosh, D., J. Indian Chem. Soc., 46, 95 (1969). *C9 Jain, M. P. and Nath, B. H., Labdev, 6, 34-36 (1968). | ||||
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