Plant Asclepias syriaca (Asclepiadaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Milkweed

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 Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
11-OCTADECENOIC-ACID	0	Seed	13650.0	47700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9,12-HEXADECADIENOIC-ACID	0	Seed	1820.0	6360.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-HEXADECENOIC-ACID	0	Seed	9100.0	31800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCLEPIADIN	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Latex Exudate	not available	12300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	37000.0	42000.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN-ACETATE	4	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC	0	Latex Exudate	1000.0	15000.0	-0.88	Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC	0	Plant	not available	16000.0	0.63	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID-CARDENOLIDE-ESTER	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CONDURANGIN	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYMAROSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DESGLUCOUZARIN	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	91000.0	318000.0	0.28	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	48230.0	168540.0	0.53	Duke, 1992 *

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