ORGANIC SHANKHPUSHPI POWDER

COMMON NAME Shankhpushpi
OTHER NAME
English speedwheel, Laghuvishnukranta.
BOTANICAL NAME
Convolvulus pluricaulis Choisy
PLANT FAMILY Convolvulaceae
PART USED Dried Whole Plant Powder.
SYNONYMS Sesamum orientale Linn
The chemical constituents in Shankhpushpi consist of carbohydrate-D-glucose, rhamnose, maltose, sucrose and starch. It also contains proteins, amino acids and the alkaloids-convolvine, convolamine, confoline, phyllabine, convolidine, convoline, convosine, subhirsine and convolvidine along with fatty acid and wax constituents, hydrocarbons, aliphatic and sterol and certain other bio-chemicals which include scopoletin, glacial acetic acid, three coumarins, β-sitosterol, kaempferol, tropane alkaloids, linoleic acid, palmitic acid and straight chain hydrocarbon hextriacontane, 20-oxodotriacontanol, tetratriacontanoic acid and 29- oxodotriacontanol.