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Anacyclus pyrethrum - Akarkara, Pellitory

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Chemical Composition
==Chemical Composition==
The Artocarpus species are rich Analysis has shown a brown, resinous, acrid substance, insoluble in potassium hydroxide and probably containing pelletonin, two oils soluble in phenolic compounds including flavonoidspotassium hydroxide - one dark brown and acrid, stilbenoidsthe other yellow - tannin, arylbenzofurons gum, potassium sulphate and Jacalincarbonate, a lectinpotassium chloride, calcium phosphate and carbonate, silica, alumina, lignin, etc. An alkaloid, Pyrethrine, yielding pyrethric acid, is stated to be the active principle.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==

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