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Plant Cryptostegia grandifolia (Asclepiadaceae)

Common Names
Rubber Vine
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
16-ANHYDROGITOXIGENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
16-DESACETYL-ANHYDROCRYPTOGRANDOSIDE-A 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
16-DESACETYL-ANHYDROCRYPTOGRANDOSIDE-B 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
16-PROPIONYLGITOXIGENIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 4040.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Leaf not available 83000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Seed not available 47000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOGRANDOSIDES 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-SARMENTOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 108000.0 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
GITOXIGENIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available 29820.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANDRIGENIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANDRIGENIN-3-RHAMNOSIDE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available 41525.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed not available 9340.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Seed not available 175000.0 1.87 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 *
Allergenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 1 Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiatherosclerotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 1 Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.