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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Acokanthera schimperi (Apocynaceae)

Common Names
Arrow-Poison Tree
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ACOLONGIFLOROSIDE 0 Wood CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ACOLONGIFLOROSIDE-G 0 Seed 37.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ACOLONGIFLOROSIDE-H 0 Seed 9800.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ACOLONGIFLOROSIDE-H-ACETATE 0 Seed 240.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ACOSCHIMPEROXIDES 0 Wood CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ACOVENOSIDE-A 2 Seed 3000.0 17000.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
OUABAIN 6 Seed 1000.0 5000.0 -1.00 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
OUABAIN 6 Wood 2000.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiarrhythmic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Anticarcinomic 1 *
Antiviral 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Cardioactive 1 *
Cardiotonic 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Emetic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Memorilytic 1 Martindale's 28th