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Plant Crotalaria juncea (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Sunhemp
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASH 0 Seed not available 33000.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Stem not available 800100.0 1.20 Duke, 1992 *
DL-BETA-HYDROXY-N-METHYL-NORVALINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 43000.0 -1.17 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed not available 81000.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN 81 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JUNCEIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Stem not available 64100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 346000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
RIDDELLIINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SENECIONINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SENECIPHYLLINE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Seed not available 411000.0 0.41 Duke, 1992 *
TRICHODESMIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Seed not available 86000.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 2 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 163.1999.
Antibacterial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticlimacteric 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antidiabetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiendoccytotic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antienteritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility 1 Duke, 1992 *