• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.86-89
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• 2010

Two common Indian spices Carum copticum Karst (ajowan) and Cinnamomum tamala T.Nees. (bay leaves) has been investigated first time to report the activity on the central nervous system. Preliminary study of the hot water extract showed depressant activity on the hole board test as evidenced from the ambulation and head dipping scores. The extracts further quicken the onset and increased the duration of pentobarbital induced sleeping time.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.16-17
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• 2002

The flavonoids kaempferol, quercetin, myrecetin, kaempferol-3-O-rhamnoside and quercetrin has been isolated from the leaves of C. tamala and their structures were established by spectral analysis and direct comparison with authentic samples. This is the first report of occurrence of these compounds from C. tamala.