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Catalog of Herbs
Published in James A. Duke, Handbook of Medicinal Herbs, 2018
Plants yield 0.03 to 0.2% of volatile oil used as a larvicide and weak insecticide. Cineole is the major constituent, with quebrachitol, tauremisin, sitosterol, tetracosanol, fernenol, thujone, alpha-amyrin, stigmasterol, beta-sitosterol, and alpha- and beta-pinene.33 The oil contains thujone. Per 100 g, the leaf is reported to contain 35 calories, 87.3 g H2O, 5.2 g protein, 0.8 g fat, 4.5 g total carbohydrate, 3.4 g fiber, 2.2 g ash, 82 mg Ca, 40 mg P, 1.5 mg Fe, 2140 μg beta-carotene equivalent, 0.15 mg thiamine, 0.16 mg riboflavin, 3.0 mg niacin, and 72 mg ascorbic acid. On a zero-moisture basis, the tops contain 11.4% crude protein, 6.0% ether extract, 33.5% crude fiber, 6.3% ash, and 42.8% N-free extract, 0.86% Ca, 0.19% P, 2.2% K, and 0.27% Mg. Inulin, resin, tannin, and the bitter principle artemisin are also reported. Overdoses of the drug cause pain, spasms, and other disturbances.
Functional Properties of Milk Yam (Ipomoea Digitata L.)
Published in Megh R. Goyal, Hafiz Ansar Rasul Suleria, Ramasamy Harikrishnan, The Role of Phytoconstitutents in Health Care, 2020
K. M. Vidya, N. S. Sonia, P. C. Jessykutty
Viji and Paulsamy [117] conducted the GC-MS profiling of milk yam’s acetone extract and revealed the presence of 27 compounds, namely: 1-Docosanol methylether;1-Octadecene;1-Octadecenol;2-methyl-4,5-dihydroxybenzaldehye;2, 2-Dideutro octadecanal;4-acetylbutyricacid;4-(3’4’(methylenedioxy) 6’formy phenyl) 6-fluro coumarin;6, 8-dioxabicyclo (3, 2, 1) octan 3a-OL-2, 2, 4, 4-D4;9, 12-Octadecadienoic acid (Z,Z);9-Octadecene 1-ol(z);Chloroacetic acid, 4-hexadecylester;Dodecanoic acid;E-15-Heptadecanal;Ethyl-3-(trimethylsilyloxy) 8azabicyclo(4, 2, 1)oct-2-ene8 carboxylates;Hahnfett;Hexadecen-1-ol trans-9-Hexadecanoic acid;Hexatricontane;Isopropyl Myristate;n-Tetracosanol-1;Nonacosane;Octacosane;Octadecanoic acid;S-(2-aminoethylester);Tetradecanal;Tetradecanoic acid;Tetratetracontane; andThiosulfuric acid (H2S2O3).
The Beneficial Radioprotective Effect of Tomato Seed Oil Against Gamma Radiation–Induced Damage in Male Rats
Published in Journal of Dietary Supplements, 2018
Magda K. Ezz, Nashwa K. Ibrahim, Mahmoud M. Said, Mostafa A. Farrag
The subchronic pretreatment of rats with TSO suppressed gamma radiation–induced systemic inflammation in the current study, as revealed by the significant reduction in the level of serum VCAM-1. Among the isolated TSO policosanol are tetracosanol, hexacosanol, and octacosanol (Giuffrè and Capocasale, 2015). Fernández-Arche et al. (2009) demonstrated the anti-inflammatory potential of tetracosanol, hexacosanol, and octacosanol isolated from pomace olive oil (POO) to reduce the release of different inflammatory mediators (tumor necrosis factor-α, prostaglandin E2, and nitric oxide) in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW 264.7 murine macrophages. Furthermore, the anti-inflammatory potential of TSO is in part attributed to its lycopene content, which is reported to reduce zearalenone-induced toxicity and inflammation in mice and to improve cellular antioxidant potential (Boeira et al., 2015). Lycopene also protected cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) against lipopolysaccharide-induced acute inflammation, demonstrating therefore an anti-inflammatory role (Wang et al., 2013).