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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Calathea allouia (Marantaceae)

Common Names
Leren; Lleren
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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
ALANINE 3 Root 3545.0 3900.0 0.23 *
ARGININE 14 Root 3385.0 3720.0 -0.35 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Root 7650.0 8415.0 -0.20 *
CYSTINE 2 Root 265.0 290.0 -1.26 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Root 8825.0 9710.0 -0.47 *
GLYCINE 12 Root 3920.0 4310.0 1.15 *
HISTIDINE 7 Root 1080.0 1190.0 -0.59 *
HYDROXYPROLINE 1 Root 0.0 -1.00 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Root 3430.0 3775.0 0.16 *
LEUCINE 2 Root 4440.0 4885.0 0.31 *
LYSINE 4 Root 3810.0 4190.0 0.42 *
METHIONINE 15 Root 1415.0 1560.0 0.83 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Root 3325.0 3655.0 0.69 *
PROLINE 0 Root 2610.0 2870.0 0.61 *
PROTEIN 0 Root 60000.0 66000.0 -0.59 *
SERINE 1 Root 3085.0 3390.0 0.02 *
STARCH 5 Root 130000.0 150000.0 -0.69 *
THREONINE 4 Root 2815.0 3095.0 -0.18 *
TYROSINE 8 Root 1805.0 1985.0 -0.04 *
VALINE 3 Root 4585.0 5040.0 0.56 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 *
Anticataract 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidepressant 1 *
Antidepressant? 1 *
Antidiabetic? 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
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.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antieczemic 1 *
Antiencephalopathic 5 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiepileptic 1 *