than 60 cannabinoids have been isolated, the most important one is delta-9- tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
Toxic constituents are readily absorbed, excreted in urine and feces, stored in lipid tissues, especially CNS, crosses placenta. High doses in animals have damaged developing embryos and resulted in birth defects. (Francis Brinker.)
Dosage Dried leaves, after
removing turbity—125—250 mg powder. (API Vol. I.)
Canscora decussata Schult.
Family Gentianaceae.
Habitat Throughout India, ascending to 1,500 m.
Ayurvedic Daakuni (used as
a substitute for Shankhapushpi in West Bengal)
Unani Sankhaahuli.
Folk Daankuni.
Capparis aphylla Roth. 117
Action Anticonvulsant, CNS depressant, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective.
The plant contains calcium 0.38; magnesium 0.16; potassium 1.66 and iron 0.23 g!100 g; copper 18.97, zinc 70.50; manganese 9.60, cobalt 3.15 and chromium 0.60 mcg!g.
Roots contain beta-amyrin, friede - lin, genianine and 16 xanthones including mangiferin. Mangiferin is protective activity against induced liver injury in albino rats. Xanthones also showed activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Dried crude powder of the whole plant exhibited anticonvulsant activity in albino rats.
Canscora dzffusa (Vahl) R. Br. ex
Roem. & Schultes (synonym C. lawii
Wt.), found throughout India at
1,100 m, is used as a substitute for
C. decussata.
Canthium parviflorum Lam.
Synonym Plectronia parvflora (Lam.) Bedd.
Family b Rubiaceae.
Habitat Throughout the Deccan
Peninsula, from Gujarat and
