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Plant Arisaema triphyllum (Araceae)

Common Names
Jack-In-The-Pulpit
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
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 28000.0 -1.25 Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 150000.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Tuber 100000.0 170000.0 -1.25 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
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Antibacterial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoronary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiHIV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antinitrosaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory 1 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative 2 Duke, 1992 *
Lithogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 1 Duke, 1992 *