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

Plant Arisaema triphyllum (Araceae)

Common Names
Jack-In-The-Pulpit
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
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant *
FAT 0 Seed 28000.0 -1.25 *
LIGNIN 13 Plant *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 150000.0 -0.75 *
STARCH 5 Tuber 100000.0 170000.0 -1.25 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antibacterial 1 (View) *
Anticancer 1 (View) *
Anticoronary 1 (View) *
Antidiarrheic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Iodine) 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiHIV 1 (View) *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antinitrosaminic 1 (View) *
Antioxidant 1 (View) *
Antitumor 1 (View) *
Antiviral 1 (View) *
Chelator 1 (View) *
Emetic 1 (View) *
Emollient 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 1 (View) *
Inflammatory 1 (View) *
Laxative 2 (View) *
Lithogenic 1 (View) *
Pesticide 1 (View) *