Bergenia ligulata
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Bergenia ligulata (Paashaanbhed, Prashanbheda, and other spellings in Ayurveda traditional Indian medicine) is a plant belonging to the family Saxifragaceae and the genus Bergenia. It is plant is sometimes treated as a form of Bergenia ciliata. It is mostly found in temperate regions of the Himalayas from Kashmir to Bhutan and in the Khasi Hills at {{convert|1500|m|abbr=on}} elevation.
Chemical constituents
Bergenia ligulata contains a phenolic compound bergenin,{{cite journal | author = Umashankar D.C. | author2 = Chawla A.S. | author3 = Deepak M. | author4 = Singh D. | author5 = Handa S.S. | name-list-style = amp | title = High pressure liquid chromatographic determination of bergenin and (+) -afzelechin from different parts of Paashaanbhed (Bergenia ligulata yeo) | journal = Phytochemical Analysis | date = 1999 | volume = 10 | pages = 44–47| doi = 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1565(199901/02)10:1<44::AID-PCA424>3.0.CO;2-4 | doi-access = free }}{{cite journal | author = Bahl C.P. | author2 = Murari R. | author3 = Parthasarathy M.R. | author4 = Seshadri T.R. | name-list-style = amp | journal = Indian J. Chem. | date = 1974 | volume = 12 | pages = 1038}}{{cite journal | author = Jain M.K. | author2 = Gupta R. | name-list-style = amp | journal = Indian Chem. Soc. | date = 1962 | volume = 39 | pages = 559}}{{cite journal | doi = 10.1016/j.jfca.2008.02.008| title = Simultaneous quantification of bergenin, catechin, and gallic acid from Bergenia ciliata and Bergenia ligulata by using thin-layer chromatography| journal = Journal of Food Composition and Analysis| volume = 21| issue = 6| pages = 496| year = 2008| last1 = Dhalwal| first1 = K| last2 = Shinde| first2 = V.M.| last3 = Biradar| first3 = Y.S.| last4 = Mahadik| first4 = K.R.}} and afzelechin, a type of flavan-3-ol.{{cite journal | doi = 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1565(199901/02)10:1<44::AID-PCA424>3.0.CO;2-4| title = High pressure liquid chromatographic determination of bergenin and (+) -afzelechin from different parts of Paashaanbhed (Bergenia ligulata yeo)| journal = Phytochemical Analysis| volume = 10| pages = 44–47| year = 1999| last1 = Reddy| first1 = Umashankar D Chandra| last2 = Chawla| first2 = Amrik S| last3 = Deepak| first3 = Mundkinajeddu| last4 = Singh| first4 = Deepa| last5 = Handa| first5 = Sukhdev S| doi-access = free}}