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Plant Lythrum salicaria (Lythraceae)

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Common name(s)
Purple Loosestrife
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
30 ANTHOCYANINS Flower -- 10000.0 -1.00 *
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Plant -- -- -- *
0 BUTYL-PHTHALATE Plant -- -- -- *
77 CHLOROGENIC-ACID Leaf -- -- -- *
0 CYANIDIN-3-MONOGALACTOSIDE Flower -- -- -- *
0 DIBUTYL-PHTHALATE Plant -- -- -- *
0 DIISOBUTYL-PHTHALATE Plant -- -- -- *
51 ELLAGIC-ACID Leaf -- -- -- *
0 GALLOTANNINS Leaf -- -- -- *
0 ISOBUTYL-PHTHALATE Plant -- -- -- *
2 LOLIOLIDE Plant -- -- -- *
0 MALVIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE Flower -- -- -- *
0 NARCISSIN Plant -- -- -- *
4 ORIENTIN Leaf -- -- -- *
25 P-COUMARIC-ACID Leaf -- -- -- *
24 PECTIN Leaf -- -- -- *
0 SALICARIN Plant -- -- -- *
35 TANNIN Stem -- 105000.0 0.65 *
35 TANNIN Leaf -- 120000.0 0.12 *
35 TANNIN Root -- 85000.0 0.27 *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.