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Plant Mercurialis annua (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Annual Mercury
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CYANOGENIC-GLUCOSIDES 0 Juice not available 13500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Root not available 800.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-AMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Root not available 1200.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HERMIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOAMYL-AMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYL-AMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALTOSE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MERCURIALIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-AMINE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE 3 Root not available 28000.0 -1.08 Duke, 1992 *
NARCISSIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPYLAMINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS 5 Root 18000.0 22500.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
SIO2 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Root not available 33500.0 -1.34 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Sort descending Chemical Count Reference
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for 5-HT-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View Chemicals list for Acetylcholinergic) Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 (View Chemicals list for Allelochemic) Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anthelmintic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiaggregant) Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiallergic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiapoplectic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiapoplectic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiatherogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiatherosclerotic) Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 3 (View Chemicals list for Antibacterial) Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 2 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer) Duke, 1992 *
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticapillary-Fragility) Merck 7th Ed.
Anticariogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticariogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Anticataract 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticataract) Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticlastogen) Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticonvulsant) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
AntiCVI 1 (View Chemicals list for AntiCVI) Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 1 (View Chemicals list for Antidementia) Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.