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Plant Adonis vernalis (Ranunculaceae)

Common Names
Spring Adonis
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTATRIACONTANE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENTOSANS 0 Plant not available 140000.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Plant not available 140000.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STROPHADOGENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STROPHANTHIDIN-DIGITALOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THYMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VERNADIGIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VERNADIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Protisticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant 1 Martindale's 28th
Respiradepressant 1 Martindale's 28th
RNA-Depressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
RT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 2 Duke, 1992 *
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Stomachic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen 2 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Sweetener 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Kobayashi, Y, Yamashita, Y., Fujii, N., Takaboshi, K., Kawakami, T., Kawamura, M., Mizukami, T., Nakano, H. 1995. Inhibitors of DNA Topoisomerase I and II Isolated From the Coptis Rhizomes. Planta Medica, 61: 414-418.
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Trypanocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Uterocontractant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uterotonic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Vagostimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasoconstrictor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 1 Duke, 1992 *