Ajuga bracteosa (Nilkanthi)

Traditional uses

Elsewhere

  • Aperient
  • Astringent
  • Diuretic
  • Fever
  • Stimulant

India

  • Boil
  • Fever
  • Depurative
  • Wound

Tradition unspecified

  • Diuretic
  • Stimulant

Chemicals

Plant

  • CEROTIC-ACID
  • CERYL-ALCOHOL
  • PALMITIC-ACID
  • BETA-SITOSTEROL
  • GAMMA-SITOSTEROL

Shoot

  • DAUCOSTEROL
  • HEXACOSAN-1-OL
  • LIGNOCERIC-ACID
  • BETA-SITOSTEROL
  • TRIACONTAN-1-OL-DOCOSANOATE

Activities

  1. Antiandrogenic — 2 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL, PALMITIC-ACID
  2. Antileukemic — 2 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL, DAUCOSTEROL
  3. Antioxidant — 2 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL, PALMITIC-ACID
  4. Hypoglycemic — 2 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL, DAUCOSTEROL
  5. Pesticide — 2 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL, PALMITIC-ACID
  6. 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; PALMITIC-ACID
  7. Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; DAUCOSTEROL
  8. Androgenic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  9. Angiogenic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  10. Anorexic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  11. Antiadenomic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  12. Antialopecic — 1 compounds; PALMITIC-ACID
  13. Antibacterial — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  14. Anticancer (Breast) — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  15. Anticancer (Cervix) — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  16. Anticancer (Lung) — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  17. Antiedemic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  18. Antiestrogenic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  19. Antifeedant — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  20. Antifertility — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  21. Antifibrinolytic — 1 compounds; PALMITIC-ACID
  22. Antigonadotrophic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  23. Antihepatotoxic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; LIGNOCERIC-ACID
  24. Antihyperlipoproteinaemic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  25. Antiinflammatory — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  26. Antilymphomic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  27. Antimutagenic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  28. Antiophidic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  29. Antiprogestational — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  30. Antiprostaglandin — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  31. Antiprostatadenomic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  32. Antiprostatitic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  33. Antipyretic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  34. Antispasmodic — 1 compounds; DAUCOSTEROL
  35. Antitumor — 1 compounds; DAUCOSTEROL
  36. Antitumor (Breast) — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  37. Antitumor (Cervix) — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  38. Antitumor (Lung) — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  39. Antiviral — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  40. Apoptotic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  41. Artemicide — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  42. Cancer-Preventive — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  43. Candidicide — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  44. Caspase-8-Inducer — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  45. Estrogenic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  46. Febrifuge — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  47. FLavor — 1 compounds; PALMITIC-ACID
  48. Gonadotrophic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  49. Hemolytic — 1 compounds; PALMITIC-ACID
  50. Hepatoprotective — 1 compounds; toxic activity; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  51. Hypercholesterolemic — 1 compounds; PALMITIC-ACID
  52. Hypocholesterolemic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  53. Hypolipidemic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  54. Lubricant — 1 compounds; PALMITIC-ACID
  55. Nematicide — 1 compounds; PALMITIC-ACID
  56. Propecic — 1 compounds; PALMITIC-ACID
  57. Soap — 1 compounds; PALMITIC-ACID
  58. Spermicide — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  59. Ubiquiot — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  60. Ulcerogenic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL

Toxic compounds

  • BETA-SITOSTEROL — Antimutagenic; Plant; 250 ug/ml
  • BETA-SITOSTEROL — Antimutagenic; Shoot; 250 ug/ml
  • BETA-SITOSTEROL — Hepatoprotective; Plant
  • BETA-SITOSTEROL — Hepatoprotective; Shoot
  • LIGNOCERIC-ACID — Antihepatotoxic; Shoot