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Plant Adonis vernalis (Ranunculaceae)

Common Names
Spring Adonis
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
16-HYDROXYSTROPHANTHIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
16-HYDROXYSTROPHANTHIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-ACETYLSTROPHADOGENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-EPI-PERIPLOGENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLADONITOXIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACONITIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONIDIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONIDOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOL 0 Plant not available 40000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOXIGENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOXIGENIN-2-ACETYL-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOXIGENIN-3-(O-ALPHA-L{2'O-ACETYL}-RHAMNOSIDO)-BETA-D... 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOXIGENIN-3-(O-ALPHA-L{3'O-ACETYL}-RHAMNOSIDO)-BETA-D... 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOXIGENIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDO-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOXIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOXIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOXOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONIVERNIDASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
(+)-Inotropic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Adrenolytic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Terashima, S., Shimizu, M., Nakayama, H., Ishikura, M., et al. 1990. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Medicinal Plant of 'Sinfito,' Potentilla candicans, and Further Synthesis of Their Related Compounds. Chem. Pharm. Bull 38(10):2733-2736, 1990
Allelochemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Amebicide 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Analgesic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 2 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenergic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiaggregant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 2 Duke, 1992 *