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Aconite Root ‫خانق‬ Marshmallow Calumba Root
Root
‫الدب‬ )Radix Calumbae ,
(Althaea Radix) Colombo Root(
(Radix Aconiti,
Monkshood Wolf's bane( Obtained from Dried sliced roots of
Althaea officinalis, Jateorhiza palmata,
Dried tuberous roots of family Malvaceae family
Aconitum napellus L . Menispermaceae

family Ranunculaceae

➢ 0.2-1.5%terpene ester ▪ Mucilage (the ▪ Yellow crystalline
alkaloids
the most important are: main constituent alkaloids

▪ Aconitine (the most (25-30%) ) Columbamine,
toxic)
▪ Starch ,Pectin , jateorhizine and
▪ Picraconitine and palmatime)
Aconine (less toxic) Flavonoids. ▪ Bitter principles

230 (Columbin and

Chasmantherin)
▪ Starch (35%) and

mucilage.
▪ No tannin.