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

Common Names
Ramie
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
RHOIFOLIN 2 Leaf *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 2.8 22.0 -0.07 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Shoot 16.0 -0.24 *
RUBIDIUM 0 Plant 13.0 14.0 -0.82 *
STRONTIUM 0 Plant 90.0 118.0 -0.22 *
SULFUR 14 Plant 3000.0 3700.0 -0.07 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.3 2.3 -1.25 *
THIAMIN 31 Shoot 7.0 -0.58 *
TITANIUM 0 Plant 110.0 230.0 0.69 *
WATER 0 Leaf 870000.0 0.31 *
WATER 0 Stem 105000.0 -1.97 *
ZINC 77 Plant 32.0 43.0 -0.09 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Mutagenic 1 *
Neuroprotective 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 *
NO-Genic 1 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Pesticide 9 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant 2 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Mueller, S. O., Stopper, H. 1999. Characterization of the Genotoxicity of Anthraquinones in Mammalian Cells. Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1428: 406-414.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 *
Protisticide 1 *
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *
Purgative 1 *
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.