Plant Baptisia tinctoria (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Wild Indigo

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	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
13-HYDROXYSPARTEINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANAGYRINE	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BAPTISINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BAPTISOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIOCHANIN-A	32	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIOCHANIN-A-7-O-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYTISINE	10	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYTISINE	10	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYTISINE	10	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN	81	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN-7-O-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUM	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CYTISINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CYTISINE	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OROBOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OROBOL-7-O-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOBAPTIGENIN-7-O-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	2	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	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	1	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	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiadrenergic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antialcoholic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 163.1999.
Antibacterial	2	Planta Medica, 57: A43, 1991.