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.
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
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
Elastase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue	1	Wealth of India.
Ethanolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hyperglycemic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hypolipemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	1	Duke, 1992 *
Leucocytogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Mucogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Piscicide	1	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Proteinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *