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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Apocynum cannabinum (Apocynaceae)

Common Names
Bitterroot, Spreading Dogbane
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Root *
ANDROSTEROL 0 Root *
APOCANNOSIDE 3 Root *
CANNOGENIN 0 Root *
CYMARIN 6 Root *
CYMAROL 1 Plant *
CYNOCANNOSIDE 0 Root *
FAT 0 Seed 226000.0 238000.0 -0.14 *
HARMALOL 7 Root *
HOMOANDROSTEROL 0 Root *
K-STROPHANTHIN 0 Root *
LUPEOL 21 Root *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Root *
P-OXYACETOPHENONE 0 Root *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 287000.0 331000.0 0.86 *
RESIN 0 Plant *
STROPHANTHIN-CYMAROSIDE 0 Plant *
TANNIN 35 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Analgesic 1 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 1 (View) *
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 3 (View) 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 (View) *
Anticarcinomic 3 (View) Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
Anticariogenic 2 (View) Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticomplement 1 (View) 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 (View) *
Antidysenteric 1 (View) *
AntiEBV 1 (View) *
Antiedemic 3 (View) *
Antifertility 1 (View) *
Antiflu 1 (View) *
Antigingivitic 1 (View) *
Antihepatotoxic 2 (View) *