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

Plant Phytolacca americana (Phytolaccaceae)

Common Names
Pokeweed
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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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-ACETYLALEURITOLIC-ACID 0 Seed *
3-ACETYLOLEANOLIC-ACID 0 Seed *
3-OXO-3-CARBOMETHOXY-24-NOROLEAN-12-EN-29-OIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ALKALOIDS 0 Fruit 22000.0 2.73 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL 2 Fruit *
AMERICANIN 2 Seed *
ANTHOCYANIN 3 Fruit 93000.0 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Shoot 1360.0 16184.0 0.41 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Shoot 52.0 621.0 2.11 *
BETANIN 5 Shoot *
CAFFEIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Shoot 530.0 6307.0 -0.62 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Shoot 37000.0 441000.0 -0.86 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Fruit *
ESCULENTIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
FAT 0 Shoot 4000.0 48000.0 0.03 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit 14000.0 -0.72 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit 46000.0 -0.41 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Allergenic 3 (View) *
Analgesic 3 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiacne 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic 1 (View) *
AntiAGE 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaging 2 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiallergic 4 (View) *
Antialzheimeran 3 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.