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Common Names
Sea Daffodil
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEMETHYLHOMOLYCORINE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALANTHAMINE | 18 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HAEMANTHIDINE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIPPEASTRINE | 2 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HOMOLYCORENINE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HOMOLYCORINE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HORDENINE | 8 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYCORENINE | 3 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYCORINE | 28 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANCRACINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANCRATINE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POETARICINE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SICKENBERGINE | 0 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TAZETTINE | 1 | Bulb | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VITTATINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Analeptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analgesic | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antiacetylcholinesterase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 1 | Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp. |
| Antibutylcholinesterase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticholinesterase | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidiarrheic | 1 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Antifeedant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiherpetic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| 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. |
| Antimitotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimyasthenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antineurotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| 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. |
| Antipolio | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproteinigenic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antipyretic | 1 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| Antitumor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |