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Fagonia arabica

Fagonia Arabica

Common Names:

  • in India:
badavard, badawand, badaward, badawarde, chitikara, cittigara, darulabha, dhamasa, dhamaso, dhanvayas, dhanvayasa, dhanvayavasa, duralabha, dusparsa, dusparsha, shawkat-ul-baiza, suralabha, ustarkhar, ustrabhaksya

Scientific Names (Synonyms)


  • Fagonia arabica L.
  • Fagonia arabica var. brevispina Maire
  • Fagonia arabica var. imamii Hadidi
  • Fagonia arabica var. membranacea Ghafoor
  • Fagonia arabica var. negevensis Zohary
  • Fagonia arabica var. planii Maire
  • Fagonia arabica var. thomsonii G.S.Giri & B.K.Nayar
  • Fagonia arabica var. tilhoana (Maire) Maire
  • Fagonia arabica var. viscidissima Maire
  • Fagonia arabica var. viscidula Boiss.

Pharmacological Activities:


  • Decoction of root with leaf of Azadirachta indica and stem of Tinospora cordifolia used as blood purifier.
  • It has Thrombolytic, molluscicidal, Antibacterial, antiseptic, Astringent, insecticidal, blood-cleaner and febrifuge activities.

Chemcials:


  • Herbacetin 8-rutinoside
  • Sexangularetin 3-rutinoside
  • Sexangularetin 3,7-diglucoside
  • Sexangularetin 3-rutinoside-7-glucoside
  • Isorhamnetin 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside
  • 28-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside
  • monodesmosidic saponins
  • 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->3)-alpha-L-arabino-pyranosyl quinovic acid 28-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside
  • 3-O-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->2)]-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->3)-alpha-L-arabinosyl oleanolic acid
  • 3-O-alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl quinovic acid 28-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside
  • 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-->3)-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside oleanolic acid
  • acacetin-7-O-rhamnoside
  • kaempferol-7-O-rhamnoside
  • 3-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl (1-->2)-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl (1-->3)-alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl 27-hydroxyursolic acid 28-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside
  • 3-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl(1-->2)-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1-->3)]-alpha-L- arabinopyranosyl ursolic acid 28-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside
  • 28-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside
  • 3-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl(1-->2)-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl (1-->3)]-alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl 27-hydroxyoleanolic acid
  • 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1-->2)-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1-->3)]-alpha-L- arabino pyranosyl oleanolic acid 28-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside
  • 3-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl(1-->2)-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1-->3)]-alpha-L- arabinopyranosyl oleanolic acid 28-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside
  • Fagonone,
  • nahagenin,
  • sapogenin,
  • oleanolic acid.
  • Diterpenes,
  • fagonone
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  1. alfachemistryOctober 19, 2018 at 7:38 AM

    As a global Contract Research Organization (CRO), headquartered in New York, USA, Alfa Chemistry has served the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries for eight years. Oleanolic acid

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