Crude drug sample data base

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Crude drug name

Market name吐根
Formal name吐根
Japanese nameとこん, Tokon
Vernacular namePoaia, Ipeca
Latin nameIpecacuanhae Radix (JP)
English nameIpecac (JP)
Original plant nameCephaelis ipecacuanha A. Rich
Family nameRubiaceae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification root
TMPW No.7517

Scientific information data base

Common name吐根, Poaia, Ipeca, Ipecacuanhae Radix (JP), Ipecac (JP)
Original plant nameCephaelis ipecacuanha A. Richard or Cephaelis acuminata Karsten
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Family nameRubiaceae
Used partroot and rhizome
Official compendiumJP XIX
Clinical applicationIt is an emetic and expectorant, and is used as an anti-amoebic agent for the treatment of amoebic dysentery.
Medical systemFolk medicine
Chemical constituentAlkaloids
(*C1):
Emetine, Cephaeline, Psychotrine, O-Methylpsychotrine, Ipecamine, Hydroipecamine, Emetamine, Protoemetine, Ipecoside, Neoipecoside

Chemical structure

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Pharmacological effectExpectorant, nauseant (lpecac alkaloid), antibacterial (emetine: amebic dysentery, trophozoite ameba).
DiseaseExpectoration of sputum, Nauseant, Amebic dysentery
Formulation
Related drugsCartagenatokon
ReferencesJP: The 19th edition of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia.
C1)第十三改正日本薬局方解説書, pp D.766-770.
RemarksIpecac, or Rio ipecac, is a folk medicine in Brazil and is used as a powdered single drug. Cartagena ipecac is the root of the congeneric species Cephaelis acuminata Karsten; it is also known as Cartagena ipecac. It grows naturally in the forests of the Republic of Colombia. It resembles ipecac in appearance but is somewhat larger. Its total alkaloid content is generally higher than that of ipecac. It contains more cephaeline than emetine.
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