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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hypocholesterolemic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypoglycemic | 2 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mastogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Peristaltic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Piscicide | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Ubiquiot | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |