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Common Names
Bird Of Paradise
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,6-DIMETHOXYBENZOQUINONE | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4'-METHYLISOLIQUIRITIGENIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-BETA-CINNAMOYL-7-BETA-HYDROXY-VOUACAPEN-5-ALPHA-OL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-METHOXYPULCHERRIMIN | 0 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8,9,11,14-DIDEHYDROVOUACAPEN-5-ALPHA-OL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-METHOXYBONDUCELLIN | 0 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CAESALPIN | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZOIC-ACID | 20 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BONDUCELLIN | 0 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGITANNIN | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTOMANNAN | 0 | Seed | not available | 344000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTOMANNOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALLIC-ACID | 62 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HCN | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCODELPHINIDIN | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUPEOL | 21 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUPEOL-ACETATE | 2 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Estrogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Expectorant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| FLavor | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Floral-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| FPTase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungicide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostatic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hepatomagenic | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 224. |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 3 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 3 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |