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Saturday, 3 August 2013

Aconitum atrox (Bruchl) Mukherjee.

Synonym-  Aconitum balfourii Stapf.
Family-  Ranunculaceae.
Habitat-  The sub-alpine and alpine Himalayas between 3,300 and
3,900 m.
Ayurvedic-  Vatsanaabha (related sp.).
Folk-  Banwaa.
Action-  Poisonous, highly toxic.Air-dried roots contain 1.2% total alkaloids of which pseudoaconitine is
0.4%. Pseudoaconitine is biologically 1.5 times as active as aconitine. (A. atrox is a poisonous species and is one of the common constituents of Aconitum ferox of commerce.)

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