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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Anadenanthera peregrina (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Cohoba; Niopo
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
1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDRO-6-METHOXY-2,9-DIMETHYL-BETA-CARBOLINE 0 Plant *
1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDRO-6-METHOXY-2-METHYL-BETA-CARBOLINE 0 Plant *
5-METHOXY-N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE 7 Bark *
5-METHOXY-N-METHYLTRYPTAMINE 0 Bark *
BUFOTENINE 10 Plant *
BUFOTENINE-OXIDE 0 Fruit *
CATECHOL 22 Plant *
HOMOORIENTINE 0 Leaf *
LEUCOANTHOCYANIN 1 Plant *
LEUCOPELARGONIDOL 0 Plant *
N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE 0 Fruit *
N,N-DIMETHYLTRYPTAMINE-OXIDE 0 Fruit *
N-METHYLTRYPTAMINE 1 Bark *
ORIENTIN 4 Leaf *
SAPONARETIN 0 Leaf *
VITERINE 0 Leaf *

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Allelochemic 1 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 1 (View) Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Antialzheimeran? 1 (View) *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 (View) Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticholinesterase 1 (View) =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
Antifeedant 1 (View) Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 1 (View) *
Antiinflammatory 1 (View) Fitoterapia No.61: 263, 1990.
Antioxidant 3 (View) Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiseptic 1 (View) *
Antistomatitic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
Antithiamin 1 (View) Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithyreotropic 1 (View) *
Antitrypanosomic 1 (View) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antitumor 1 (View) *
Antitumor (Breast) 1 (View) Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Antiviral 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
Aphrodisiac 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Bronchospasmogenic 1 (View) =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).