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[[File:Artocarpus hirsutus - Wild Jack, Jungle Jack.jpg|thumb|right|''Wild Jack'',''Jungle Jack'']]
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[[File:Acmella_oleracea_002.JPG|200px|thumb|right|''Toothache plant'']]
  
'''Artocarpus hirsutus''' is a tree seen in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests from south Maharashtra to Kanyakumari.  
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'''Toothache plant''' is a prostrate perennial plant. The plant is often cultivated as an annual for its edible leaves in parts of the tropics, especially Brazil. It is also grown widely as an ornamental because of the attractive colorful heads.
  
'''Uses:'''Pimples, Cracks in Skin, Sores, Diarrhoea, Skin diseases, Intrinsic haemorrhage, Poisons.
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'''Uses:''' Toothache, Throat infections, Gum infections, Dysentery, Rheumatism, Blood parasites, Malaria.
'''Chemical Composition:'''The Artocarpus species are rich in phenolic compounds including flavonoids, stilbenoids, arylbenzofurons and Jacalin, a lectin.
 
  
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'''Chemical Composition:''' The most important taste-active molecules present are fatty acid amides such as spilanthol, which is responsible for the trigeminal and saliva-inducing effects of products such as jambu oleoresin, a concentrated extract of the plant
  
  
<span style="width: 100%; background-color: #90EE90; padding: 10px; margin: 10px; text-align: right; clear: right; margin-left: 0;">[[Artocarpus hirsutus - Wild Jack, Jungle Jack|Read more]]</span>
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<div style="float:center;"><span style="width: 100%; background-color: #cef2e0; padding: 10px; margin: 10px; text-align: right; clear: right; margin-left: 0;">[[Acmella oleracea - Toothache plant|Read more]]</span></div>

Latest revision as of 09:58, 23 November 2022

Toothache plant

Toothache plant is a prostrate perennial plant. The plant is often cultivated as an annual for its edible leaves in parts of the tropics, especially Brazil. It is also grown widely as an ornamental because of the attractive colorful heads.

Uses: Toothache, Throat infections, Gum infections, Dysentery, Rheumatism, Blood parasites, Malaria.

Chemical Composition: The most important taste-active molecules present are fatty acid amides such as spilanthol, which is responsible for the trigeminal and saliva-inducing effects of products such as jambu oleoresin, a concentrated extract of the plant


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