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Plant Capparis tomentosa (Capparaceae)

Common Names
African Caper
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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STACHYDRINE 6 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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Cardiotonic 1 (View Chemicals list for Cardiotonic) Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue 1 (View Chemicals list for Emmenagogue) Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-91.
Insectifuge 1 (View Chemicals list for Insectifuge) Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Lactagogue 1 (View Chemicals list for Lactagogue) Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-91.
Oxytocic? 1 (View Chemicals list for Oxytocic?) Duke, 1992 *
Systolic-Depressant 1 (View Chemicals list for Systolic-Depressant) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.