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Analysis of a thread used in the Kshara Sutra treatment in the Ayurvedic medicinal system
M B Gewali1, U Pilapitiya, M Hattori
1Research Institute for Wakan-Yaku (Traditional Sino-Japanese Medicines), Toyama Medical University, Japan.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology
|May 1, 1990
Abstract:
From a Kshara Sutra thread which is used in the therapy of fistula in the Ayurvedic medicinal system, euphol, 3,12-di-O-acetyl-8-O-benzoylingol, 3,12-di-O-acetyl-8-O-tigloylingol, curcumin, p-coumaroylferuloylmethane and di-p-courmaroylmethane were isolated and characterized. In addition, GLC and GC/MS confirmed the presence of euphol, antiquol B, cycloeucalenol and 24-methylene cycloartanol in the thread.