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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Alchornea floribunda (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Niando
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALCHORNEINE 5 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ALCHORNEINONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 12000.0 -0.33 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ANTHRANILIC-ACID 6 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GENTISINIC-ACID 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ISOALCHORNEINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
YOHIMBINE 37 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Aphrodisiac 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Calcium-Antagonist 1 *
Cardiotonic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Cardiovascular 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Cholinergic 1 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
CNS-Stimulant 1 *
Emetic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Ganglioplegic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypertensive 1 *
Hypothermic 1 *
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinotonic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
MDR-Inhibitor 1 Bhat, U. G., et al. 1995. A Structure-Function Relationship Among Reserpine and Yohimbine Analogues in Their Ability to Increase Expression of MDR1 and P-Glycoprotein in a Human Colon Carcinoma Cell Line. Mol Pharmacol, 48(4): 682-689.
Mydriatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Parasympathomimetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 1 *
Respirodepressant 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Respirostimulant 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.