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Common Names
Chaff Flower
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACHYRANTHINE | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETAINE | 14 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ECDYSTERONE | 4 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTOSE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HENTRIACONTANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RHAMNOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAPOGENINS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| XYLOSE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Abortifacient | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acetylcholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analeptic | 1 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Analgesic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiallergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarrhythmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarcinomic | 1 | Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46. |
| 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. |
| Antidiabetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiedemic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antifertility | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotoxic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| AntiHIV | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihomocystinuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperlipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |