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Alstonia scholaris |
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Latin Name: Alstonia scholaris
Indian Name: Saptaparna
Habitat:Wildly cultivated throughout India, found in sub Himalayan track from the Jumna Eastward ascending to 3000ft, abundantly found in Bengal and South India.
Useful in: The alkaloids blocked the actins of acetyl choline and barium ion and reduced the responses to exogeneous potassium. It has enjoyed wide reputation as an anti malarial agent. |
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Reference:
- Wealth of India , Vol I, page number 201.
- Selected Medicinal Plants of India, page number 33.
- Satyavati, G.V. et. Al.: Indian Medicinal Plants, Vol-I, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, (1976).
- Chopra, R.N.: Indigenous Drugs of India, Academic Publishers, Calcutta, (1982)
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