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Plant Adonis vernalis (Ranunculaceae)

Common Names
Spring Adonis
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
16-HYDROXYSTROPHANTHIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
16-HYDROXYSTROPHANTHIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-ACETYLSTROPHADOGENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-EPI-PERIPLOGENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLADONITOXIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACONITIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONIDIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONIDOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOL 0 Plant not available 40000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOXIGENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOXIGENIN-2-ACETYL-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOXIGENIN-3-(O-ALPHA-L{2'O-ACETYL}-RHAMNOSIDO)-BETA-D... 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOXIGENIN-3-(O-ALPHA-L{3'O-ACETYL}-RHAMNOSIDO)-BETA-D... 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOXIGENIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDO-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOXIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOXIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOXOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADONIVERNIDASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitrachomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic 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.
Antitubercular 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain) 1 Werbach & Murray, 1994.
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 2 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antiulcer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiviral 4 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Anxiolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Astringent 1 Duke, 1992 *