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 | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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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 |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Antitumor (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antitumor (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antitumor (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antitumor (Prostate) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antitussive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiulcer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiviral | 1 | Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991. |
Apoptotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Artemicide | 1 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |
Cancer-Preventive | 2 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
Candidicide | 1 | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |
Caspase-8-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Chemopreventive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Demulcent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Estrogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
Fungicide | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
Hemostat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hepatoprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |