DRUG REVIEW- KUTAJ
S.G.V. AYURVEDIC MEDICAL COLLEGE BAILHONGAL Page 28
Flowers- White fragrant 12.5 cm in diam.
Calys- Glaborous, glandular inside
Corolla- Tube short 3mm long
Fruit- 2 distincr pendulous follicles, 25-50 cm by 6-8 mm cylindric slightly
tapering to both ends glabrous, striate, cohering at first at the tip only
Seed – 1.3-2 cm long pointed at t he apex, with a deciduous coma often more
than 3.8 cm. long at the base.
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
Bark-conessine,holarrhenine&holarrhimine,alkaloids, kurchine,kurchicine,
conessine, nor conessine,conamine, conessimine, isoconessimine,conessidine,
conkurchine,holaahamine,lettaache and alkaloid, holarriche
Seed-A steroidal alkaloid – Antidysentricaine. Crystalline, glucoalkaloid
Other alkaloid vizkurchipylline, kurchiphyllamine, holanarmine, holarrhidineE
andtrimethylconkirchine.
Leaves-Two amino-glycosteroids,holantosine A,B,C &D holarosine -E,
holaeosine.
Three aminoglycosteroid N- acetyl holarosine- C, N-Acetyl holantosine-D
&N-acetylholarosine-A,N-Acetyl holartosine-C& its α & β-methyl derivaties