Plant Apocynum androsaemifolium (Apocynaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Common Names

Bitterroot; Spreading Dogbane

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
ACETOVANILLIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANDROSIN	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANDROSTEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APOBIOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APOCYMARIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APOCYNAMARIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APOCYNEIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APOCYNIN	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYMARIN	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Root	not available	160.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
EPURANOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOANDROSTEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
K-STROPHANTHIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antiallergenic	1	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiarthritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac	1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Cardiotonic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Cartilage-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myocardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	1	Duke, 1992 *