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Plant Anamirta cocculus (Menispermaceae)

Common Names
Levant Berry
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
8-OXOTETRAHYDROPALMATINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANAMIRTIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COCCULIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 110000.0 180000.0 0.73 Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 3432.0 5616.0 -0.87 Duke, 1992 *
MENISPERMINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 6710.0 10980.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
PARAMENISPERMINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PICROTIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PICROTOXIN 6 Fruit 6000.0 50000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PICROTOXININ 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 52250.0 85500.0 1.29 Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WAX 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hepatoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypocholesterolemic 4 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Immunomodulator 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Insecticide 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Irritant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Keratitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Myotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Osteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 5 Duke, 1992 *
Piscicide 1 Merck 11th Edition
Preservative 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry