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Plant Ardisia japonica (Myrsinaceae)

Common Names
Marlberry
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
2-HYDROXY-5-METHOXY-3-PENTADECENYL-BENZOQUINONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARDISIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARDISINOL-I 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARDISINOL-II 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERGENIN 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EMBELIN 11 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant 1000.0 2000.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
ILEXOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICITRIN 13 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RAPANONE 4 Rhizome 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
Antiprostatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 1 Planta Medica, 56(6): 695, 1990.
Antiseptic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antispermigenic 1 Pei-Gen, X., and Nai-Gong, W. Can ethnopharmacology contribute to the development of anti-fertility drugs? Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 32: 167-177, 1991.
Antistaphylococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antituberculic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Duke, 1992 *