Steinmetz:Pharbitis
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Pharbitis nil
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- English Names
- Kaladana plant
- Morning Glory
- Natural Habitat
- tropical countries
- especially India
- Part(s) Used
- Semen Kaladanae = Semen Pharbitidis
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- Constituent(s)
- oil
- mucilage
- albumen
- tannic acid
- resin (pharbitisin)
- mucilage
- Action
- cathartic
- vermifuge. In many parts of India the natives take the roasted seeds as a purgative
- pharbitisin is the active resinous principle closely resembling the convolvulin of Jalap
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