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Thursday, 12 September 2013

Altingia excelsa Noronha

Family-  Altingiaceae.
Habitat-  Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
English-  Storax, Oriental Sweet Gum.
Ayurvedic-  Shilaarasa, Turushka,Silhaka (substitute for Liquidamber orientalis, Hamamelidaceae).
Siddha/Tamil-  Neriyurishippal.
Action-  Resin—carminative, stomachic,antiscorbutic expectorant,antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antistress,
hepatoprotective. Externally used in scabies and leucoderma.The ethyl acetate extract of the root of A. excelsa was studied for antistress effect in a variety of biological models of stress; also in stress-induced ulcers and CCl4-induced hepatotoxicity. Antistress was the most significant pharmacological property of the Storax.

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