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Common Names
Mescal; Sisal; Hemp Plant; Sisal Agave; Sisal Hemp
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiandrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiatheromic | 1 | Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990. |
| Antibacterial | 2 | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiabetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiarrheic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiedemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienteritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifatigue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifeedant | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |