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| Species name | Species name# | Common name | Common hindi name | Plant medicinal part | General ailment types treated | Medicinal active compound | Medicinal active compound details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urginea indica | Urginea indica | indian squill | jangli-piyaz | Infectious diseases Pains and Inflammation Common ailments Systemic disorders Organ-specific disorders | the Bulb of Squill contains steroidal cardioactive glycosides scillaren A and proscillaridin A glucoscillaren A scillaridin A and scilliroside. Dried bulbs were found to contain scilliroside (approximately 45 ppm) and scillaren A (approximately 38 ppm) proscillaridin A and Scillaren B. Many novel cardiac glycosides recently have been isolated and identified from squill. Indian squill also contains proscillaridin A and scillaren A as major glycosides Other constituents found in squill include flavonoids the fructan sinistrin 14 and related carbohydrates andantifungal glycoproteins. | ||
| Withania somnifera | Withania somnifera | Indian Ginseng, Winter cherry | अश्वगंधा Ashwagandha | Root Leaves Seeds | Infectious diseases Pains and Inflammation Mental disorders Cancer | ||
| Zingiber officinale | Zingiber officinale | Garden ginger | अदरक Adrak | Root Rhizome | Pains and Inflammation Organ-specific disorders Mental disorders Cancer | Zingeberene Zingeberol Gingerol Paradol Shogaol | Over 400 different compounds have been identified in Ginger. Several volatile oils and sesquiterpenes give ginger its characteristic aroma. Gingerol, Paradol, Shogaol have been proven in many drug tests to have apoptotic activity in mice. Effect of ginger extract on platelet aggregation, osteoarthritic pain relief, pregnancy-related nausea have been documented, but remain inconclusive. |
