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Plant Lythrum salicaria (Lythraceae)

Common Names
Purple Loosestrife
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ANTHOCYANINS 30 Flower not available 10000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-PHTHALATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-MONOGALACTOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIBUTYL-PHTHALATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIISOBUTYL-PHTHALATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLOTANNINS 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYL-PHTHALATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LOLIOLIDE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALVIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCISSIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ORIENTIN 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICARIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Flower not available 137000.0 0.82 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf not available 120000.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Root not available 85000.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
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