Crude drug sample data base

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Crude drug name

Market nameDronpushpa
Formal nameDronapuspi
Other names　　　

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Dronpushpi (T), Barahalkasa (B), Goma, Motapati (H), Tumpa (M), Tumni, Peddatumni (Te), Dron pusni (N)
Original plant nameLeucas aspera Spreng. (= Leucas plukenetii (Roth.) Spreng.)
Family nameLabiatae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification inflorescence
Collection informationKingdom of Nepal, Patan（Lalitpur）, Bajracharya Aushadhi Pasal
Collection date1983/07/31
CollectorTsuneo Namba, et al.
TMPW No.5844

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Production area information
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Collection information
Kingdom of Nepal,Patan（Lalitpur）
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Scientific information data base

Crude drug nameAyurvedic name or
Sanskrit name, English name		Dronapuspi (Inflorescence)
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Original plant nameLeucas aspera Spreng. (= Leucas plukenetii (Roth.) Spreng.)
Family nameLabiatae
Used partFlower
Distribution areaOccurs more or less throughout India as a weed in cultivated fields, waste lands and road sides.
Common usesFlowers are given with honey for coughs and colds in children.
Chemical constituentFatty 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 effectAn 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 systemAyurveda (Traditional Indian medicine)
Related drugsLeucas stricta Benth., Leucas indica (L.) R. Br. ex Vartke; Leucas cephalotes (Roth) Spreng.
ReferencesReference book　

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[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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