What's the difference between boneset and eupatorium?
Boneset
Definition:
(n.) A medicinal plant, the thoroughwort (Eupatorium perfoliatum). Its properties are diaphoretic and tonic.
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Eupatorium
Definition:
(n.) A genus of perennial, composite herbs including hemp agrimony, boneset, throughwort, etc.
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(1) The condition has occurred for many years and has been thought to have been associated with ingestion of Crofton weed (Eupatorium adenophorum).
(2) Viridiflorine, cynaustraline, amabiline, supinine, echinatine, rinderine and isomers of these alkaloids were found in the Eupatorium species.
(3) High concentrations of pyrrolic metabolite were detected in livers of mice given a single oral dose of extracts of Indian herbal mixture or C. assamica but not in the case of the Eupatorium species.
(4) The sesquiterpene lactone eupatoriopicrin (EUP) from Eupatorium cannabinum L. has been shown to be cytotoxic in a glutathione (GSH)-dependent way.
(5) The 6-methoxyflavones hispidulin and eupafolin have been identified for the first time from the aerial parts of Eupatorium cannabinum L. The presence of the previously known flavonol glycosides astragalin, kaempferol-3-rutinoside, hyperoside, isoquercitrin and rutin could be confirmed.
(6) In in vitro studies, "metabolic pyrrole" was formed by incubating Eupatorium japonicum extracts with liver microsomes.
(7) Eupatoriopicrin (EUP), a sesquiterpene lactone from Eupatorium cannabinum L., possesses cytostatic activity.
(8) Among plant toxicants excreted in milk is tremetol or tremetone, the toxin in white snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum) and rayless goldenrod (Haplopappus heterophyllus).
(9) Of these, only the Eupatorium species were shown to contain pyrrolizidine alkaloid.
(10) The activity of phagocytosis was tested in the in vitro granulocyte test and the in vivo carbon-clearance-test in the mouse for an extract combination consisting of four plant extracts (Echinacea angustifolia, Eupatorium perfoliatum, Baptisia tinctoria and Arnica montana).
(11) and -angustifolia DC., Eupatorium cannabium L. and -perfoliatum L., Chamomilla recutita L. Rauscher, Calendula officinalis L., Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R. B., Achyrocline satureioides DC., Arnica montana L., Sabal serrulata Roem.
(12) It is concluded that the alkaloid in Eupatorium species is metabolized to "pyrrole" and an N-oxide metabolite in the liver, but hepatotoxicity is much lower when compared with that caused by Crotalaria.
(13) The pyrrolizidine alkaloid composition of three Chinese herbs, "pei lan", "cheng gan cao" and "zi xiao rong," identified respectively as Eupatorium cannabinum, Eupatorium japonicum (Compositae) and Crotalaria assamica (Leguminosae), were studied by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry and gas chromatography-electron impact mass spectrometry.
(14) An aqueous ethanol extract of Eupatorium altissimum L. (Compositae) showed confirmed activity in the P-388 lymphocytic leukemia assay in mice, and the chloroform solubles showed both cytotoxic activity in the 9KB carcinoma of the nasopharynx cell culture assay and antitumor activity in the P-388 lymphocytic leukemia assay.
(15) Also, accumulation of pyrrole metabolites was not demonstrated with chronic administration of decoctions prepared from herbs of the Eupatorium species.
(16) The purified compound, 4', 5, 6, 7-tetramethoxyflavone, is an active ingredient isolated from Eupatorium odoratum, a Thai indigenous plant that has long been used to stop bleeding.
(17) Nine structurally related germacranolides from Eupatorium semiserratum and Eriophyllum confertiflorum were assayed in two standard tumor systems (PS and KB) to determine the structural features required for in vivo antileukemic activity.
(18) A review on Eupatorium cannabinum L. is given, including botany, history and constituents.
(19) According to our results, the traditional therapeutic indications of Eupatorium cannabinum L., choleretic and hepatoprotective effects, have been widely demonstrated.
(20) Plants belonging to the Eupatorium species, E. japonicum Thunb, E. fortunei and E. chinense, were found to contain very low concentrations of pyrrolizidine alkaloid compared with a known hepatotoxic Indian herbal mixture and Crotalaria assamica.