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Plant Akebia quinata (Lardizabalaceae)

Common Names
Chocolate Vine
How this plant is used
Food
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-ACETYLOLEANOLIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AKEBIN 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AKEBOSIDES 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Stem not available 19000.0 0.03 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Stem not available 7.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 180000.0 383000.0 0.62 Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEDERAGENIN 9 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Stem not available 150.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Stem not available 840.0 -1.65 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Stem not available 310.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
NORARJUNOLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Stem not available 2410.0 -1.36 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 156000.0 -0.69 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 4 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiaggregant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *