Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | ゲンチアナ |
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| Formal name | ゲンチアナ | |
| Japanese name | げんちあな, Genchiana | |
| Vernacular name | Genchiana | |
| Latin name | Gentianae Radix (JP) | |
| English name | Gentian (JP) | |
| Original plant name | Gentiana lutea L. | |
| Family name | Gentianaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | root + rhizome |
| TMPW No. | 804 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | ゲンチアナ, Gentiana, Gentianae Radix (JP18), Gentian (JP18) | |||||
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| Original plant name | Gentiana lutea L. | |||||
| Family name | Gentianaceae | |||||
| Used part | root and rhizome | |||||
| Quality for selection | Good Gentiana is round, columnar and dark brown. It has a characteristic odor and strong bitterness. (TN) | |||||
| Official compendium | JP XVIII | |||||
| Clinical application | Amaroid stomachic. Expecting secondary effect followed by increasing gastric function, Gentianae Radix is applied for anemia, convalescent patient and intestinal catarrh. | |||||
| Medical system | Folk medicine | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Oligosaccharides (*C1): Gentianose, Gentiobiose Monoterpenoids Seco-iridoids: (*C1): Gentiopicrin(=Gentiopicroside), Amarogentin, Swertiamarin (*C2): Gentiopicroside, Gentiopicral(=Gentiogenal) Iridoids: (*C2): 5,6-Dihydro-5-hydroxymethyl-6-methyl-1H,3H-pyrano[3,4-c]pyran-1-one, Pyrano[3,4-c]pyran Xanthones (*C1): Gentisin, Isogentisin, Gentiin Isocoumarins (*C2): Erythrocentaurin, 5-Hydroxymethylisochromen-1-one, 5-Hydroxymethylisochroman-1-one Other aromatic derivatives (*C1): Gentisic acid Others | |||||
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| Pharmacological effect | Not exactly known. | |||||
| Disease | , Intestinal catarrh, Dyspepsia | |||||
| Formulation | Gentian and Sodium Bicarbonate Powder, Compound Diastase and Sodium Bicarbonate, Compound Nux Vomica Extract and Diastase, Compound Scopolia Extract and Diastase | |||||
| Related drugs | Gentianae Scabrae Radix, Swertiae Herba | |||||
| References | JP18: The 18th edition of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia. C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 168-169. C2)Chem.Pharm.Bull.,37,2435(1989). | |||||
| Remarks | Dioscorides mentioned gentiana in "De Materia Medica" that the Gentiana roots were warm in nature and astringent. In Europe, the fresh roots are mashed, soaked in water and the juice is extracted from it. It has been applied for pain, laceration, spasm, diseases of liver and stomach, inflammation of eye, etc. 0.1g of the powdered Gentiana should be taken 3 to 5 times a day orally. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2021/09/27 | |||||
