Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Bryonia alba (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
White Bryony
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
AMYLASE 1 Root *
BRYOAMARIDE 0 Root *
BRYODULCOSIDE 1 Plant *
BRYOIOSIDE 0 Plant *
BRYONICINE 0 Root *
BRYONINE 0 Root *
BRYONOL 0 Root *
BRYOPOLYOSE 0 Root *
BRYORESIN 0 Root 20000.0 68000.0 *
CATECHIN-TANNIN 0 Plant *
CERYL-ALCOHOL 0 Root *
CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID 6 Root *
CUCURBITACIN-B 8 Plant *
CUCURBITACIN-D 4 Plant *
CUCURBITACIN-E 6 Plant *
CUCURBITACIN-I 6 Plant *
CUCURBITACIN-J 2 Plant *
CUCURBITACIN-K 2 Plant *
CUCURBITACIN-L 1 Plant *
DELTA-7-STIGMASTEROL 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiinflammatory 3 (View) *
Antiketotic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antileukemic 1 (View) *
Antileukotriene-D4 1 (View) *
Antilipolytic 1 (View) *
Antimutagenic 1 (View) *
Antinephritic 1 (View) Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antinociceptive 1 (View) *
Antiophidic 2 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant 4 (View) *
Antiradicular 1 (View) Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antirenitic 1 (View) Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antispasmodic 1 (View) *
Antitumor 5 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor-Promoter 1 (View) *
Antiulcer 1 (View) *
Antivaricose 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral 2 (View) Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Artemicide 1 (View) Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 1 (View) *