Plant Boehmeria nivea (Urticaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Ramie

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
RHOIFOLIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	2.8	22.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Shoot	not available	16.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM	0	Plant	13.0	14.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Plant	90.0	118.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Plant	3000.0	3700.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	0.3	2.3	-1.25	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Shoot	not available	7.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Plant	110.0	230.0	0.69	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	870000.0	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Stem	not available	105000.0	-1.97	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Plant	32.0	43.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Fungicide	3	Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Genotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Goitrogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Gonadotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	1	Martindale's 29th
Hepatoprotective	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Histamine-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	7	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	6	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	4	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant	2	Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	2	Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.