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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Baptisia tinctoria (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Wild Indigo
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
13-HYDROXYSPARTEINE 0 Plant *
ANAGYRINE 11 Plant *
BAPTISINE 0 Root *
BAPTISOL 0 Leaf *
BIOCHANIN-A 32 Plant *
BIOCHANIN-A-7-O-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
CYTISINE 10 Leaf *
CYTISINE 10 Root *
CYTISINE 10 Stem *
GENISTEIN 81 Leaf *
GENISTEIN-7-O-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
GUM 0 Plant *
LUTEOLIN 78 Plant *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
METHYL-CYTISINE 0 Leaf *
METHYL-CYTISINE 0 Stem *
OROBOL 0 Plant *
OROBOL-7-O-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN 3 Leaf *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN-7-O-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *

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Activity Chemical Count Reference
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Abortifacient 2 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Allelochemic 1 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Analgesic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiadrenergic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antiaggregant 1 (View) Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antialcoholic 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 1 (View) *
Antiangiogenic 2 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 3 (View) *
Antiarthritic 1 (View) *
Antiasthmatic 1 (View) *
Antiatherogenic 1 (View) *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 (View) Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 163.1999.
Antibacterial 2 (View) Planta Medica, 57: A43, 1991.