triterpene, lagform. Aqueous extract of fresh and ethanolic extract of dried and powdered leaves exhibit fungitoxic activity against several fungal pathogens of rice.
L.aggera alata Sch.- Bip. ex Oliver. Family Asteraceae, Compositae.
Habitat Throughout India,
ascending up to 2,100 m in the
hills. (Native to tropical Africa and
Madagascar.)

English False Tobacco.

360 Lallemantia royleana Roxb.

Folk Amadok (Garhwal). Action Disinfectant.
The plant is one of the major ingredients of an ointment used in the treatment of skin tumours in Chinese medicine. In Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Gabon and Tanganyika, different parts of the plant are used for the treatment of intercostal pain, rheumatic pain and fever. The leaf and root decoctions are used to treat pneumonia.
The plant from Nigeria was found rich in phenolic ethers (45%), followed by monoterpenes (22%) and sesquiterpenes (12%). The major component of the oil was dimethyl thymoquinone (44%). It showed activity against Gram-positive microorganisms. Dried powder of the plant contained artemisetin (artemetin).

Lallemantia royleana Roxb.

Family Labiatae.

Habitat Plain and hills of Kumaon and Punjab, extending westwards to Afghanistan. Imported into India from Persia.

Unani Baalango, Tukhm-eBaalango.

Folk Tuut-malangaa.

Action Seed—cooling, diuretic, sedative; given internally as a soothing agent during urinary troubles, also for cough. A poultice of seeds is applied to abscesses, boils and inflammations. (Seeds are not to be used as a substitute for Plantago sp.)

Seeds contain linoleic, oleic, palmitic and stearic acids; beta-sitosterol. Gum contains L-arabinose, D-galactose, L-rhamnose, pentosans, protein, uronic anhydride. Amino acids are also found in the plant.
Lamium album Linn.
Family Labiatae; Lam iaceae.
Habitat West Himalayas from Kashmir to Kumaon.

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