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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Dionaea muscipula (Droseraceae)

Common Names
Venus' Fly Trap
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
3-CHLOROPLUMBAGIN 0 Plant 90.0 KREHER, NESZMELYI, POLOS & WAGNER 1988
DROSERONE 0 Plant 240.0 KREHER, NESZMELYI, POLOS & WAGNER 1988
HYDROPLUMBAGIN-4-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant 6400.0 KREHER, NESZMELYI, POLOS & WAGNER 1988
PLUMBAGIN 42 Plant 2050.0 KREHER, NESZMELYI, POLOS & WAGNER 1988
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 *
Allelochemic 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Antialopecic 1 Fitoterapia No.5-1990.
Antibacterial 1 *
Anticoagulant 1 Fitoterapia No.5-1990.
Antifeedant 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 Fitoterapia No.5-1990.
Antiflu 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antihistoplasmotic 1 *
Antiimplantation 1 *
Antileishmanic 1 *
Antileukemic 1 Fitoterapia No.5-1990.
Antileukodermic 1 *
Antimalarial 1 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antioxidant 1 Bezanger-Beauquesne*, L. Noveautes En Phytotherapie. Sixieme Revue. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 46-76, 1989.
Antiplasmodial 1 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antiseptic 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antitumor 1 Fitoterapia No.5-1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 1 *
Cardioparalytic 1 *