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Common Names
Bird Of Paradise
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MYRICETIN | 34 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRICETOL | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRICITRIN | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRICITRIN-3-RHAMNOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PULCHERRALPIN | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PULCHERRIMIN | 0 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Leaf | not available | 7000.0 | -1.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Wood | not available | 3000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VOUACAPEN-5-ALPHA-OL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| X-CAESALPIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phytoalexin | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Phytohormonal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Ibewuike, J. C., Ogungbamila, F. O., Ogundaini, A. O., Okeke, I. N., Bohlin, L. 1997. Antiinflammatory and Antibacterial Activities of C-methylflavonol from Piliostigma thonningii. Phytotherapy Research, 11(4): 281-284. |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 1 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |
| Protisticide | 2 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Psychotropic | 1 | 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. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 3 | Ahn, D., Putt, D., Kresty, L., Stoner, G. D., Fromm, D., Hollenberg, P. F. 1996. The Effects of Dietary Ellagic Acid on Rat Hepatic and Esophageal Mucosal Cytochromes P450 and Phase II Enzymes. Carcinogenesis, 17(4): 821-828. |
| Radioprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Respirastimulant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Rodenticide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Spermicide | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Styptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sunscreen | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Teratologic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |