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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Catharanthus roseus (Apocynaceae)

Common Names
Madagascar Periwinkle; Rosy Periwinkle
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
16-EPI-19-S-VINDOLININE-N-OXIDE 0 Plant Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
ADENOSINE 28 Leaf CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
AJMALICINE 11 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
AKUAMMICINE 2 Plant *
AKUAMMINE 6 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ALSTONINE 5 Root Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
AMMOCALINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BANNUCINE 0 Plant Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
CAROSIDINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAROSINE 3 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAROTENE 0 Leaf CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CATHARANTHINE 2 Plant *
CATHARICINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CATHARINE 0 Plant *
CATHAROSINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAVINCIDINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAVINCINE 0 Plant Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
CAVINCINE 0 Root CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CHOLINE 20 Plant Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Tranquilizer 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tremorigenic 1 *
Trypanocide 1 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 3 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 *
Uterotonic 2 *
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasoconstrictor 1 *
Vasodilator 5 *
Vasopressor 2 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.