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Plant Boehmeria nivea (Urticaceae)

Common Names
Ramie
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
FIBER 15 Leaf 24000.0 184615.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Shoot 119000.0 259000.0 0.90 Duke, 1992 *
IODINE 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf 16.0 123.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Plant 1500.0 3500.0 3.38 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 380.0 2923.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN 13 Stem not available 14600.0 -1.56 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Plant 80.0 140.0 0.31 Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 7.0 54.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Shoot not available 67.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 450.0 3460.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 270.0 700.0 -1.39 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Shoot 1400.0 2400.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION-8-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 1100.0 1300.0 -1.43 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 33000.0 253850.0 0.42 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Shoot 219000.0 301000.0 0.81 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
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 6 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Cardioprotective 7 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cathartic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Circulotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 1 Friedman, M. and Dao, L. 1990. Effect of Autoclaving and Conventional and Microwave Baking on the Ergot Alkaloid and Chlorogenic Acid Contents of Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor Cav. cv.) Heavenly Blue Seeds. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 805-808.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 1 Duke, 1992 *