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Elissa Williams

Search Log for Medicinal Plant Assignment

On 2/14/07, I performed a google search for images of the Eclipta plant. I used “Eclipta” as the search term and allowed google to do an image search.

|Search Engine |Search Term |Hits |

|Google Image |Eclipta |28,000 |

I found a beautiful photograph of Eclipta on the first page, halfway down the page, of the image search results. The image brought me to a site with the following URL:

After looking through the site, entitled Department of Plant and Soil Science; Weed Science, I found a total of two Eclipta pictures with the following URL’s:





I e-mailed the author of the site for permission to use the Eclipta pictures on my web page.

On 2/23/07, I performed a google search for web documents about the Eclipta plant. I used “Eclipta” as the search term and allowed google to do a web search.

|Search Engine |Search Term |Hits |

|Google Web |Eclipta |123,000 |

I found an excellent website about the Eclipta plant, which included many photographs, towards the bottom of the first page. The URL of the website is:



After looking through the site, entitled Eclipta alba, I found information about the plant’s physical characteristics. I also found a picture on the site which I incorporated into my website. The picture URL is:



I e-mailed the author of the site for permission to use the Eclipta pictures on my web page.

On 2/26/07, I performed a google search for web documents about the Eclipta plant. I used “Eclipta” as the search term and allowed google to do a web search.

|Search Engine |Search Term |Hits |

|Google Web |Eclipta |123,000 |

The first website on this page (URL=) explained that Wedelolactone was the active drug ingredient in Eclipta.

I then performed a google web search for “Eclipta Wedelolactone.”

|Search Engine |Search Term |Hits |

|Google Web |Eclipta Wedelolactone |727 |

The fourth web page down on this search result page, “Eclipta Tincture,” revealed a lot of interesting information about the medicinal effects of Eclipta.

The URL for the site is:



The last web site on the search result page was a PDF file concerning the use of Eclipta Wedelolactone in dietary supplements.

The URL for the site is:



On 2/27/07, I performed a google search for Eclipta. I used “Eclipta” as the search term and allowed google to perform a web search.

|Search Engine |Search Term |Hits |

|Google Web |Eclipta |123,000 |

In search for general information about the plant’s cultivation, the USDA web site was of much help. The URL for the USDA web site concerning the Eclipta plant is:



There was also a picture demonstrating the distribution of Eclipta in the United States which I incorporated into my webpage and asked for permission to use.

I performed a google search for the pharmacological effects of the Eclipta plant. I used “Pharmacological effects of Eclipta” as the search term and allowed google to perform a web search.

|Search Engine |Search Term |Hits |

|Google Web |Pharmacological Effects of Eclipta |523 |

A site entitled: Database on Important Medicinal and Aromatic plants had a lot of information regarding the medicinal usage of Eclipta.

The URL for the website is:



I performed a google search for images of Eclipta dietary supplements. I used “Eclipta” as the search term and allowed google to do an image search.

|Search Engine |Search Term |Hits |

|Google Image |Eclipta |28,000 |

On the second page of results, I found an image of Eclipta plant extract capsules from the following web site:



I incorporated the picture into my website and requested permission for use of the picture.

I performed a google search on Wedelolactone. I used “Wedelolactone” as the search term and allowed google to perform a web search.

|Search Engine |Search Term |Hits |

|Google Web |Wedelolactone |616 |

I found a chemical supplier company, Biomol. Int., which had a lot of chemical information about Wedelolactone. The URL of this website is:



An ACS article also appeared on the web search results and provided information about the activity of Wedelolactone in cells. The URL of this website is:



On 3/4/07, I searched the ISI Web of Science (Science Citation Index), found on the GMU Library Chemistry Database list, for the effective agent, Wedelolactone, in Eclipta alba. I used “Wedelolactone” as the search term and allowed the ISI Web of Science Database to perform a cross search.

|Search Engine |Search Term |Hits |

|ISI Web of Science Database |Wedelolactone |9 Journal Results |

|(Science Citation Index) | | |

The eighth journal listing, “Total Synthesis of Wedelolactone,” described a convergent synthetic approach to the synthesis of Wedelolactone. When I clicked the “Mason Link” to see the full text of the journal article, I was brought to the ACS website. The “Total Synthesis of Wedelolactone” is an ACS Journal of Organic Chemistry article. The journal article can be found at the following URL address:



I used information from this journal entry in the Isolation and Synthesis of Wedelolactone section on my website.

On 3/4/07, I searched the ACS Journal Database, found on the GMU Library Chemistry Database list, for Wedelolactone. I used “Wedelolactone as the search term and allowed ACS to perform a full text search.

|Search Engine |Search Term |Hits |

|ACS Database |Wedelolactone |3 Journal Results |

The second journal listing, “Synthesis of 4-Substituted Coumarins via the Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Couplings of 4-Tosylcoumarins with Terminal Acetylenes and Organozinc Reagents,” described an alternative approach to the synthesis of coumarins. I clicked the full text article from the ACS website and I was brought to a PDF file with the following URL:



I used information from this journal entry in the Isolation and Synthesis of Wedelolactone section on my website.

On 3/4/07, I searched the TOXLINE Journal Database, found in the GMU Library Chemistry Database list, for Wedelolactone. I used “Wedelolactone as the search term and allowed TOXLINE to perform a search.

|Search Engine |Search Term |Hits |

|TOXLINE Database |Wedelolactone |5 Journal Results |

The third journal listing, “Synthesis and preliminary pharmacological evaluation of coumestans with different patterns of oxygenation,” contained information about the synthesis of wedelolactone derivatives. I clicked the full text article from the TOXLINE Database and I was brought to a PDF file with the following URL address:



I used information from this journal entry in the Isolation and Synthesis of Wedelolactone section on my website.

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