Argyreia nervosa |
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| Description | ||||||
| A large, woody climber, with white, silky tomentose, stout stem, large, ovate-cordate leaves, rose-purple flowers and apiculate, globose fruits. | ||||||
| Useful part | ||||||
Roots, seeds, latex, leaves |
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| Medicinal Uses | ||||||
wounds, ulcers, constipation, cardiac debility, inflammation, ringworm, eczema, itches, cough, bronchitis, strangury, seminal weakness, nervous weakness, cerebral disorders, obesity, syphilis, anaemia, diabetes, tuberculosis, arthritis, gleet, gonorrhoea, leucorrhoea, pulmonary tuberculosis, general debility, rheumatism, skin diseases, boils, carbuncles, foul ulcers, male sexual disorders |
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| Major chemical constituents | ||||||
1-tricontanol, β-sitosterol, epifriedelinol, ergine, isoergine, penniclavine, ergometrine, caffeic acid, ethyl caffeate, ergoline, hallucinogens, lysergic acid amide, ergoline, agroclavine, chanoclavines I and II, elymoclavine, festuclavine, lysergene, ergometrinine, isolysergic acid amide, palmitic, oleic, stearic, behenic, linoleic and linolenic acids |
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