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Chemical constituants of udumbara - Ficus racemosa Linn. Ficus gl..

udumbara :

udumbara  : Ficus racemosa Linn., Ficus glomerata

Phytochemistry:


 Leaf  - Sterols,  tannins  and  flavonoids,  triterpenoids  (Lanosterol)  and  alkaloids.  A  new  tetracyclic triterpene glauanol acetate which is characterized as 13α, 14β, 17βH, 20αH-lanosta-8, 22-diene-3β-acetate and racemosic acid were isolated from the leaves 

 Stem-Bark -  Tannin, wax, saponin gluanol acetate, β-sitosterol, leucocyanidin- 3 – O – β – D - glucopyrancoside, leucopelargonidin  –  3 – O  – β  – D  - glucopyranoside,  leucopelargonidin  – 3  – O  – α  – L  - rhamnopyranoside,  lupeol,  ceryl  behenate,  lupeol  acetate,  α-amyrin acetate,  leucoanthocyanidin, and leucoanthocyanin from trunk bark, lauanol  acetate,  lupeol,  β-sitosterol and stigmasterol were isolated from stem bark

 Trunk-Bark  - Upenol, β-sistosterol and stigmasterol 

 Fruit  - Glauanol, glauanol acetate, hentriacontane, β sitosterol, glauanolacetate, glucose, tiglic acid, esters of taraxasterol, lupeolacetate, friedelin, higherhydrocarbons and other phytosterol 

 Root  - Cycloartenol,  euphorbol  and  its  hexacosanoate,  taraxerone,  tinyatoxin;  bark  euphorbol  and  its hexacosanate, ingenol and its triacetate, taraxerone [

 Latex  - a-amyrin,  β-sitosterol,  cycloartenol,  cycloeuphordenol,  4-deoxyphorbol  and  its  esters,  euphol, euphorbinol, isoeuphorbol, palmitic acid, taraxerol, tinyatoxin, tirucallol, trimethyl ellagic acid 


PHARMACOLOGY:

IMPORTANT FORMULATIONS

1. Nyagrodhadi Kvatha
2. Nyagrodhadi  Curna, 
3.Mutrasangrahaniya Kashaya
4. Mutrasangrahaniya Curna


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