Swertia angustifolia

Swertia angustifolia Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don
Family: Gentianaceae

Folk Names: Pahaari Kiretta, Mithaa (sweet) Kiryaat.
Action: Used as a substitute for S.chirayita. (Inferior in bitter tonic properties.) Aerial parts gave ursolic acid, xanthones and beta-sitosterol. Several tetra-and pentaoxygenated xanthones have been isolated from the plant.

16 Published articles of Swertia angustifolia
Swertia angustifolia Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don
Family: Gentianaceae

Folk Names: Pahaari Kiretta, Mithaa (sweet) Kiryaat.
Action: Used as a substitute for S.chirayita. (Inferior in bitter tonic properties.) Aerial parts gave ursolic acid, xan-
thones and beta-sitosterol. Several tetra-and pentaoxygenated xanthones have been isolated from the plant.

1. ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITIES OF LAWSONIA INERMIS, LANTANA CAMARA AND SWERTIA ANGUSTIFOLIA.
Rizvi, Zarrin Fatima; Mukhtar, Rabia; Chaudhary, M. Fayyaz; et al..
PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY  Volume: 45   Issue: 1   Pages: 275-278   Published: FEB 2013.
2. Gentiocrucines A-E, Five Unusual Lactonic Enamino Ketones from Swertia macrosperma and Swertia angustifolia.
Wang, Hong-Ling; He, Kang; Geng, Chang-An; et al..
PLANTA MEDICA  Volume: 78   Issue: 17   Pages: 1867-1872   Published: NOV 2012.
3. Seven New Secoiridoids with Anti-Hepatitis B Virus Activity from Swertia angustifolia.
He, Kang; Ma, Yun-Bao; Cao, Tuan-Wu; et al..
PLANTA MEDICA  Volume: 78   Issue: 8   Pages: 814-820   Published: MAY 2012.
4. Two new xanthones from Swertia angustifolia.
Zhu, Bao-Kun; Zhe, Wei; Duan, Yan-Qing; et al..
JOURNAL OF ASIAN NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH  Volume: 14   Issue: 2   Pages: 154-158   Published: 2012.
5. Evaluation of antidiarrhoeal activity of Swertia angustifolia Ham. on mice..
May Aye Than; Mu Mu Sein Myint; Myint Myint Khine; et al..
Myanmar Health Sciences Research Journal  Volume: 23   Issue: 2   Pages: 108-115   Published: 2011.
6. In vitro Organogenesis in Swertia angustifolia (Buch-Ham.).
Bisht, Surjeet Singh; Bhandari, Snehlata; Bisht, N. S..
Journal of Hill Research  Volume: 21   Issue: 2   Pages: 41-46   Published: DEC 2008.
7. Callus induction studies in different explants of Swertia angustifolia (Buch-Ham)..
Bisht, S. S.; Bisht, N. S..
Plant Archives  Volume: 8   Issue: 2   Pages: 713-716   Published: 2008.
8. Micropropagation of Swertia angustifolia..
Mahendran, G.; Devi, B. C.; Chitra, N. B.; et al..
Journal of Tropical Medicinal Plants  Volume: 8   Issue: 2   Pages: 214-218   Published: 2007.
9. Assessment of status and biomass of Swertia angustifolia: a high value Himalayan medicinal plant..
Bhatt, A.; Bisht, A. K.; Rawal, R. S.; et al..
African Journal of Plant Science  Volume: 1   Issue: 1   Pages: 1-6   Published: 2007.
10. Characterization of Swertia chirayita (Roxb. ex Fleming) Karsten and S. angustifolia Ham. ex D. Don using SDS-PAGE..
Subodh Airi; Arvind Bhatt; Uppeandra Dhar.
Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter  Issue: 147   Pages: 72-77   Published: 2006.
11. Germination improvement in Swertia angustifolia: a high value medicinal plant of Himalaya.
Bhatt, A; Rawal, RS; Dhar, U.
CURRENT SCIENCE  Volume: 89   Issue: 6   Pages: 1008-1012   Published: SEP 25 2005.
12. STUDIES ON IRIDOID GLYCOSIDES FROM SWERTIA-ANGUSTIFOLIA.
LUO Y H; NIE R L.
Yaoxue Xuebao  Volume: 27   Issue: 2   Pages: 125-129   Published: 1992.
13. Studies on iridoid glycosides from Swertia angustifolia..
Luo, Y. H.; Nie, R. L..
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica  Volume: 27   Issue: 2   Pages: 125-129   Published: 1992.
14. A NEW XANTHONE GLYCOSIDE FROM SWERTIA-ANGUSTIFOLIA BUCH-HAM EX D DON.
DHOUBHADEL, SP; WAGLEY, PP; PRADHAN, SD.
INDIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY SECTION B-ORGANIC CHEMISTRY INCLUDING MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY  Volume: 19   Issue: 10   Pages: 929-930   Published: 1980.
15. CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF GENTIANACEAE .23. TETRAOXYGENATED AND PENTAOXYGENATED XANTHONES AND XANTHONE O-GLUCOSIDES OF SWERTIA-ANGUSTIFOLIA BUCH-HAM.
GHOSAL, S; SHARMA, PV; JAISWAL, DK.
JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES  Volume: 67   Issue: 1   Pages: 55-60   Published: 1978.
16. Pharmacognostical studies on chirata and its substitutes and adulterants: II. Swertia angustifolia Buch. Ham.
PRASAD, S.; NAYAR, K. C.; BHATTACHARYA, I. C..
JOUR SCI AND INDUST RES [INDIA]  Volume: 19   Issue: (6)   Pages: 139-145   Published: 1960.