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Plant Ternstroemia gymnanthera (Theaceae)

How this plant is used
Medicinal
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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
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Shoot not available not available not available Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Shoot not available not available not available Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticarcinomic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticariogenic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticomplement 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Antiedemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 2 Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095.
Antihyperlipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 2 Recio, M., et al. 1994. Investigations on the Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Triterpenoids from Diospyros leucomelas*. Planta Medica, 61: 9.
Antiischemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 1 Duke, 1992 *