| Table 22 : Chemical consituents of some medicinal plants | ||
| S.No. | Medicinal Plants | Chemical constituents. |
| 1. | Asparagus | 1. Dried, debarked tuberous roots yield a yellow white powder which is found to contain moisture, fat, protiens, saponins, carbohydrates, crude fibre inorganic matter and ash |
| 2. | Neem | 1. Stem bark contains nimbin and nimbidin with b-sitosterol |
| 2. Root bark contains nimbin, nimbidin, sugiol and b-sitosterol | ||
| 3. Wood oil contains b-sitosterol, cyclocucalenol. | ||
| 4. Leaves contain nimbin, nimbinene, nimbandiol, nimbolide, quercetin, b-sitosterol, n-hexo cosanal, b-desacetylrimbinene | ||
| 5. Fruits contain Gedunin, azadiradion, azadirone and nimbiol | ||
| 6. Seed kernel contains salannin and azadirachtin. | ||
| 3. | Senna | 1. Leaves contain wax, myricyl alchohal, flavonoids isorhamnetin, kaempferol, and anthroaquinonerhein and emodin. |
| 2. Flowers contains chrysophanic acid | ||
| 3. Fruits contain Oxymethyl anthraquinone | ||
| 4. | Catharanthus | 1. Whole plant contains following alkaloides ajamalicine, vinceine, vincane, sitsirkine, lochnerine, perivine, catharanthine, vindoline, vinoisidine, cavincine, animocalline, pericalline, rovidine, catharanthamine, catharine etc. |
| 5. | Datura stramonium | 1. All parts contain hyosine and hyoscyamine |
| 6. | Safed moosli | 1. Saponin |