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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 colourful heads.  
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'''Abrus precatorius''' is a severely invasive plant in warm temperate to tropical regions. The plant is best known for its seeds, which are used as beads and in percussion instruments and which are toxic because of the presence of abrin. This plant belongs to Fabaceae family.
  
'''Uses:''' Toothache, Throat infections, Gum infections, Dysentery, Rheumatism, Blood parasites, Malaria.  
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'''Uses:''' Blisters in mouths, Mouth sores, Bleeding piles, Leucorrhoea, Mild diabetes, Cough, Physical weakness, Ulcer, Urinary trouble, Snakebite, Infection in intestine.
  
'''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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'''Chemical Composition:''' Mature seeds contain alkali like abrine, precatorine and Its Roots contain precol, abrol, abrasine, precatorine, galactose etc.  
  
  
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Abrus precatorius is a severely invasive plant in warm temperate to tropical regions. The plant is best known for its seeds, which are used as beads and in percussion instruments and which are toxic because of the presence of abrin. This plant belongs to Fabaceae family.

Uses: Blisters in mouths, Mouth sores, Bleeding piles, Leucorrhoea, Mild diabetes, Cough, Physical weakness, Ulcer, Urinary trouble, Snakebite, Infection in intestine.

Chemical Composition: Mature seeds contain alkali like abrine, precatorine and Its Roots contain precol, abrol, abrasine, precatorine, galactose etc.


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