Plant Caesalpinia pulcherrima (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bird Of Paradise

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiurethrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	8	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.
Antiyeast	2	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	1	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.
Astringent	2	Martindale's 29th
ATPase-Inhibitor	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat	2	Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Bradycardiac	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchodilator	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchosedative	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calmodulin-Antagonist	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive	8	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candida-SAP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide	5	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillariprotective	2	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *