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Common Names
Visnaga
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNINS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-LINALOL-OXIDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VISAMMIDIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VISAMMINOL | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VISNADIN | 5 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VISNAGAN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VISNAGANE | 0 | Seed | 2000.0 | 5000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VISNAGIN | 1 | Seed | 450.0 | 10000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VISNAGININ | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VISNAGINONE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VISNAGION | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VISNAMMIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| XANTHOTOXIN | 43 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| XYLOSE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antivitiligic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antixerotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anxiolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aromatase-Inhibitor | 2 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999. |
| Artemicide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ATPase-Inhibitor | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Bacteriostatic | 1 | Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis. |
| Bacteristat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bradycardiac | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Bronchodilator | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Bronchorelaxant | 1 | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| Bruchifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Bruchiphobe | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bufocide | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calmodulin-Antagonist | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 17 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 2 | Planta Medica, 57: A43, 1991. |