Common Harebell, Campanula rotundifolia, Family: Campanulaceae
One of the many ingredients used in homeopathic remedies, the originals are called Bach "Rescue Remedies"
Traditional folk use is for pain in ears, also recommended as an ear fungicide for animals in veterinary care.
Indigenous to Western Canada
Polyacetylenes: [aliphatic tetrahydropyran derivatives] +, iridoids and tannins 0;caffeic acid.
anti-fungal, eye drops for sore eyes,ear drops for sore ears, anti-depression,
Similar to properties of Campanualceae
family:
A Korean called Gymnaster koraiensis yeilds a polyacetylene in its yellow
oil extract which has been observed to:
"exhibit potent cytotoxic, antimicrobial, antiviral , RNA-cleaving,
sedative, .and enzyme-inhibitory activities, as well as brine-shrimp
lethality.*
Polyacetylenes have been found in many families of higher
plants, such as the Araliaceae, Campanulaceae, Compositae, Olacaceae,
Pottosporaceae, Santalaceae, and Umbelliferae.1-4
More recently, linear
polyacetylenes have become a major element in the search for bioactive
substances from marine sponges.5-7
It has been reported that these compounds
exhibit potent cytotoxic, antimicrobial, antiviral, RNA-cleaving, sedative, and
enzyme-inhibitory activities, as well as brine-shrimp lethality.
8-14 Gymnaster
koraiensis (Nakai) Kitamura (Compositae) is an endemic species in Korea, but its
constituents and biological activities have not been investigated previously.
phytochemistry re:
Gymnaster- a sponge which has shown to have some cytotoxicity
as its yellow oil extract toward mouse leukemia cells.
http://library.kribb.re.kr/research/pdf-2002/4068.pdf
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