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Plant Akebia quinata (Lardizabalaceae)

Common Names
Chocolate Vine
How this plant is used
Food

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View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
RHAMNOSE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Stem not available 18.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Stem not available 10.0 -1.58 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 3 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Carcinogenic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Cardioprotective 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Collagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th