Desmodium gangeticum
Desmodium gangeticum
Author :(L.) DC.
Family : Fabaceae
Habit: Herb
Sanskrit:Prisniparni, Prthakparni
English: -
 
Description

A herb, with 1-foliolate, oblong-obovate or lanceolate leaves, small, pink to lilac flowers in terminal and axillary fascicles, moniliform, hooked-pubescent pods containing single seed in each mericarp.

Useful part

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Medicinal Uses

bleeding, diarrhoea, dysentery, piles, worm infestations, fever, vomiting, inflammation, cough, asthma, bronchitis, tuberculosis, urinary diseases, heart diseases, pyorrhea, seminal weakness, debility, skin eruptions, malaria

Major chemical constituents

N, N-dimethyltryptamine, 5-methoxy-N, N-dimethyltryptamine, Nb-methyltetra-hydroharman, 6-methoxy-2-methyl-β-carbolinum derivative, hypaphorine, hordenine, caudicine, N-methyltyramine, β-phenylethylamine, gangetin-(7, 12α-dihydro-13-methoxy-3, 3-dimethyl-11-13-methyl-2-butenyl)-3H, 7H-benzofuro [3,2-C] pyrano [3, 2-g]-benzapyran-10-ol, gangetinin,  desmodin, 24-methylcholesta-5,22-dien-3b-ol, 24-ethylcholesta-5-en-3β-ol, 24-methylcholesta-5-en-3β-ol, phytoalexin-desmocarpin, genistein, 2’-hydroxygenistein, dalbergioiden, diphysolone, kievitone, 4’-5,7-trihydroxy-8-prenylflavone-4’-0-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1 to 6)-β-D-glucopyranoside, gangetin, gangetinin