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Plant Piscidia piscipula (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Jamaica Dogwood
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3-O-METHYL-FUKIIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROMILLETTONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ICHTHYNONE 0 Bark not available 2500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOMILLETTONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JAMAICIN 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LISETIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MILLETTONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MUNETONE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PISCERYTHRONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PISCIDIA-SAPONIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PISCIDIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PISCIDIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PISCIDONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ROTENONE 13 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 1 Merck 11th Edition
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Allergenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiatherosclerotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 4 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *