Strychnos nux-vomica | Plant | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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Common name(s)

Nux-Vomica, Stychnine

How used

Medicinal

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Activities: 165

Chemicals w/Activities: 29

All Chemicals: 56

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# Activity	Chemical Name	Part Filter by plant part	Low PPM	High PPM	StdDev	^*Reference
0	16-HYDROXY-ALPHA-COLUBRINE	Seed	--	--	--	*
0	16-HYDROXY-BETA-COLUBRINE	Seed	--	--	--	*
0	3-METHOXYICAJINE	Plant	--	--	--	*
0	4-DEOXYLOGANIN	Plant	--	--	--	*
0	ALKALOIDS	Bark	--	99000.0	0.64	*
0	ALKALOIDS	Root	--	9900.0	-0.44	*
0	ALKALOIDS	Seed	2500.0	50000.0	1.78	*
10	ALPHA-AMYRIN	Seed	--	--	--	*
Analgesic * Antiedemic IC43=40 mg/kg ipr rat * Antiinflammatory IC71=1,000 ppm orl * Antinociceptive * Antitumor * Antiulcer * Cytotoxic 50-400 * Gastroprotective * Hepatoprotective * Insectifuge *
0	ALPHA-COLUBRINE	Seed	--	--	--	*
0	ARABINOSE	Seed	--	--	--	*
0	ARACHIDIC-ACID	Seed	2800.0	3500.0	-0.31	*
1	BEHENIC-ACID	Seed	680.0	850.0	-0.60	*
Cosmetic Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
0	BETA-COLUBRINE	Fruit	--	40.0	--	*
6	BRUCINE	Seed	--	16000.0	--	*
Antioxidant * Circulatory-Stimulant * CNS-Stimulant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. Convulsant * Pesticide * Termitifuge Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
6	BRUCINE	Fruit	300.0	650.0	--	*
Antioxidant * Circulatory-Stimulant * CNS-Stimulant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. Convulsant * Pesticide * Termitifuge Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
6	BRUCINE	Leaf	--	8000.0	--	*
Antioxidant * Circulatory-Stimulant * CNS-Stimulant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. Convulsant * Pesticide * Termitifuge Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
6	BRUCINE	Root	--	2770.0	--	*
Antioxidant * Circulatory-Stimulant * CNS-Stimulant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. Convulsant * Pesticide * Termitifuge Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
6	BRUCINE	Bark	--	48000.0	--	*
Antioxidant * Circulatory-Stimulant * CNS-Stimulant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. Convulsant * Pesticide * Termitifuge Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
0	BRUCINE-N-OXIDE	Fruit	90.0	160.0	--	*
0	C-MAVACURINE	Root Bark	--	1000.0	--	*

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^*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.

Plant Strychnos nux-vomica (Loganiaceae)

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