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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ROCKOGENIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
SARSAPOGENIN 2 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.
SISALAGENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TIGOGENIN 1 Leaf 0.0 6200.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TIGOGENIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
YAMOGENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiinflammatory 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (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.