Details of Plants:Gelsemium elegans

Plant details

Family: Loganiaceae
Phytochemicals

1-O-Caffeoylquinic acid or 4- O-Caffeoylquinic acid
11,14-Dihydroxygelsenicine
11-Methoxy-19-(R)- hydroxygelselegine
11-Methoxygelselegine
11-hydroxyhumantenine
12β-hydroxy-pregn-4,16- diene-3,20-dione
14-Acetoxy-15- hydroxygelsenicine
14-Acetoxygelsenicine
14-Hydroxygelsenicine
19-(Z)-Anhydrovobasinediol
19E-16-epi-Voacarpine
19R-Hydroxydihydrogelsemine
3-Hydroxykoumidine
4,20-Dehydrogelsemicine
6-Hydroxy-7- methoxylcoumarin
7-Deoxygelsemide or 9- Deoxygelsemide
Dehydrokoumidine
Ferulic acid
Gallic acid
Gelsemicine
Gelsemine
Gelsemine N-oxide
Gelsemiol
Gelsemiol-3-glucoside
Gelsempervine A
Gelsenicine
Gelseoxazolidinine
Gelsevirine
Humantenine
Hydroxylation of Gelsemicine
Koumidine
Koumine
Kouminol
Na-Methoxy-19(Z) anhydrovobasinediol
Nb-Methylgelsedilam
Pyrogallol
Semperoside
Sempervirine
NE-statewise availability

Mizoram
Vernacular Name

Mizoram: Hnamtur
Ailments cured

analgesic
Inflammation
Plant parts used and methods

Root: Extract taken orally
Plant References

Rai. P. K; Lalramnghinglova. H; Lesser known ethnomedicinal plants of Mizoram, North East India: An Indo-Burma hotspot region, Journal of Medicinal Plants Research Vol. 4(13), 1301-1307, 2010

Phytochemical References

Liu, Y; et al. Fingerprint analysis of Gelsemium elegans by HPLC followed by the targeted identification of chemical constituents using HPLC coupled with quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Fitoterapia 121: 94-105, 2017.