Bergenia ligulata

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Bergenia ligulata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Saxifragaceae
Genus: Bergenia
Species:
B. ligulata
Binomial name
Bergenia ligulata

Bergenia ligulata (Paashaanbhed, Prashanbheda, and other spellings in Ayurveda traditional Indian medicine) is a plant belonging to the family Saxifragaceae and the genus Bergenia . It is plant is sometimes treated as a form of Bergenia ciliata . It is mostly found in temperate regions of the Himalayas from Kashmir to Bhutan and in the Khasi Hills at 1,500 m (4,900 ft) elevation.

Chemical constituents

Bergenia ligulata contains a phenolic compound bergenin, [1] [2] [3] [4] and afzelechin, a type of flavan-3-ol. [5]

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References

  1. Umashankar D.C.; Chawla A.S.; Deepak M.; Singh D. & Handa S.S. (1999). "High pressure liquid chromatographic determination of bergenin and (+) -afzelechin from different parts of Paashaanbhed (Bergenia ligulata yeo)". Phytochemical Analysis. 10: 44–47. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1565(199901/02)10:1<44::AID-PCA424>3.0.CO;2-4 .
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  4. Dhalwal, K; Shinde, V.M.; Biradar, Y.S.; Mahadik, K.R. (2008). "Simultaneous quantification of bergenin, catechin, and gallic acid from Bergenia ciliata and Bergenia ligulata by using thin-layer chromatography". Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 21 (6): 496. doi:10.1016/j.jfca.2008.02.008.
  5. Reddy, Umashankar D Chandra; Chawla, Amrik S; Deepak, Mundkinajeddu; Singh, Deepa; Handa, Sukhdev S (1999). "High pressure liquid chromatographic determination of bergenin and (+) -afzelechin from different parts of Paashaanbhed (Bergenia ligulata yeo)". Phytochemical Analysis. 10: 44–47. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1565(199901/02)10:1<44::AID-PCA424>3.0.CO;2-4 .