Common Names
Spiny pigweed
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 500.0 | 4600.0 | -0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
POTASSIUM | 14 | Leaf | 3370.0 | 35276.0 | 0.22 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 30000.0 | 344000.0 | 1.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | 1.6 | 20.0 | -0.08 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
RUTIN | 87 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
SODIUM | 1 | Leaf | 60.0 | 168.0 | -0.62 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
THIAMIN | 31 | Leaf | 0.1 | 0.6 | -1.61 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
WATER | 0 | Leaf | 837000.0 | 850000.0 | 0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
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 * |
Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
Hepatoprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hypertensive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Hypocholesterolemic | 10 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Hypoglycemic | 4 | 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 | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hypotensive | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Immunomodulator | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Immunostimulant | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Insecticide | 1 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
Insectifuge | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Insectiphile | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Insulinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157. |
Insulinotonic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157. |
Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |