Plant Apocynum cannabinum (Apocynaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bitterroot; Spreading Dogbane

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
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANDROSTEROL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APOCANNOSIDE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CANNOGENIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYMARIN	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYMAROL	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYNOCANNOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	226000.0	238000.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
HARMALOL	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOANDROSTEROL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
K-STROPHANTHIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-OXYACETOPHENONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	287000.0	331000.0	0.86	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STROPHANTHIN-CYMAROSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	3	Recio, M. C., Rios, J. L., and Villar, A., A review of some antimicrobial compounds isolated from medicinal plants reported in the literature 1978-1988, Phytotherapy Research, 3(4), 1989, 117-125.
Anticancer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	3	Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
Anticariogenic	2	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticomplement	1	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Antidiarrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiedemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *