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Plant Agave sisalana (Agavaceae)

Common Names
Mescal, Sisal, Hemp Plant, Sisal Agave, Sisal Hemp
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
12-EPIROCKOGENIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
5-ALPHA-PREGNAN-3-BETA,20-BETA-DIOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
ALPHA-CELLULOSE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
BARBOURGENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
CHLOROGENIN 3 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
DELTA-9,10-DEHYDROHECOGENIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
DELTA-9,11-HECOGENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DIOSGENIN 7 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
GENTROGENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
GITOGENIN 1 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HAINANGENIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HAINANGENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HECOGENIN 0 Plant 300.0 4100.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
HECONIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
HENTRIACONTAN-1-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HONGGUANGGENIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
NEOTIGOGENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NEOTIGOGENONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
PECTIN 24 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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