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'''Acacia nilotica''' is a tree 5–20 m high with a dense spheric crown, stems and branches usually dark to black coloured, fissured bark, grey-pinkish slash, exuding a reddish low quality gum.  
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'''Sahadevi''' is an erect, branching, annual plant. It grows upto 15 - 80cm tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.
  
'''Uses:''' Sexual problems, Eye diseases, Heal wounds, Bleeding of the uterus, Liver problems, Jaundice, Throat problems, Stomach problems, Hair problems, Skin problems.
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'''Uses:''' Wound healing, Renal calculi, Burning micturition, Insomnia, Skin diseases, Intestinal worms.
  
'''Chemical Composition:''' It contains Polysaccharide Arabin (Mixture of calcium, magnesium and potassium salts of arabic acid).Arabic acid on hydrolysis gives D-galactose, L-arabinose, L-rhamnose and D-glucoronic acid.Also contain enzyme oxidase and peroxidase.
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'''Chemical Composition:''' Cyanthillium cinereum contains Caryophyllene oxide (16.7 %) was the major compound followed by n-hexadecanoic acid (8.9 %) and phytol.
  
  
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<span style="width: 100%; background-color: #90EE90; padding: 10px; margin: 10px; text-align: right; clear: right; margin-left: 0;">[[Cyanthillium cinereum - Sahadevi|Read more]]</span>

Latest revision as of 10:33, 14 February 2022

Sahadevi, Cyanthillium cinereum

Sahadevi is an erect, branching, annual plant. It grows upto 15 - 80cm tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.

Uses: Wound healing, Renal calculi, Burning micturition, Insomnia, Skin diseases, Intestinal worms.

Chemical Composition: Cyanthillium cinereum contains Caryophyllene oxide (16.7 %) was the major compound followed by n-hexadecanoic acid (8.9 %) and phytol.


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