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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Justicia adhatoda (Acanthaceae)

Common Names
Malabar Nut
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
1,2,3,9-TETRAHYDRO-5-METHOXYPYRROLO-(2,1-B)-QUINAZOLINE-3-OL 0 Plant *
2',4-DIHYDROXYCHALCONE-4-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
6-HYDROXYPEGANINE 0 Leaf *
9-ACETAMIDO-3,4-DIHYDROPYRIDO-(3,4-B)-INDOLE 0 Root *
ADHATODIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ADHATODINE 0 Plant *
ADHATONINE 0 Root *
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 4000.0 -0.33 *
ANISOTINE 0 Plant *
ANISOTININE 0 Plant *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 8000.0 0.13 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Seed 29000.0 2.04 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 4 Root *
BETAINE 14 Flower *
CEROTIC-ACID 0 Seed 12900.0 1.00 *
DEOXYVASCINONE 0 Root *
FAT 0 Seed 258000.0 -0.04 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Seed 27600.0 3.34 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 31700.0 -0.65 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(+)-Inotropic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Abortifacient 2 (View) *
Allergenic 1 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacne 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiallergic 2 (View) *
Antialopecic 2 (View) *
Antianaphylactic 2 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 3 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 (View) *
Antiarthritic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiasthmatic 1 (View) Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
Antibacterial 1 (View) Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.