Plant Achyranthes aspera (Amaranthaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Chaff Flower

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *