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Plant Brunfelsia uniflorus (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Manaca
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
BRUNFELSENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ESCULETIN 30 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HOPEANINE 0 Bark not available 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MANACEINE 0 Bark not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MANACINE 0 Bark not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MANDRAGORINE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Bark not available 13000.0 -1.09 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Okada,Y,et al.1995.Search for Naturally Occurring Substances to Prevent the Complications of Diabetes.II.Inhibitory Effect of Coumarin and Flavonoid Derivatives on Bovine Lens Aldose Reductase and Rabbit Platelet Aggregation.Chem Pharm Bull43(8):1385-1387
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.
Analgesic 2 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 *
Antiarrhythmic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Anticholinergic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidysenteric 1 HerbalGram No. 24, page 37.
Antiedemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.