Steinmetz:Urginea
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Urginea maritima
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Liliaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Mediterranean countries
- Portugal
- Algeria
- Morocco
- Greece
- Syria
- Asia Minor
- Urginea indica: India (which is a poor substitute for the European squil)
- Part(s) Used
- Bulbus Scillae albae
- Bulbus Scillae rubrae
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- Constituent(s)
- scillipicrin
- scillain
- scillaren A
- scillaren B
- scillaren C
- scillamarina
- scillitoxin
- scillin
- sinistrin
- mucilage
- sugar
- saponin
- calcium oxalate
- tannin
- fat
- scillirosid (of which the red squil contains about 40 times as much as the white squil)
- Action
- white squil: Digitalis-like
- diuretic
- expectorant. restorative
- stimulant
- cathartic
- emetic
- toxic; red squil: used to poison rats and mice
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