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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
VINAPHAMINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
VINASPINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
VINBLASTINE 10 Plant *
VINCALEUKOBLASTINE 1 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
VINCAMICINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
VINCAMINE 7 Plant *
VINCARODINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
VINCATHICINE 1 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
VINCEINE 2 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
VINCOLIDINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
VINCOLINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
VINCRISTINE 8 Plant *
VINDOLICINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
VINDOLIDINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
VINDOLINE 1 Plant *
VINDOLININE 2 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
VINDOROSINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
VINESESINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
VINOSIDINE 0 Root Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
VINSEDECINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitachycardic 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiTGF-beta 2 *
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 *
Antithromboxane 1 *
Antitrypanosomic 3 *
Antitumor 11 *
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 *
Antitumor (brain) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Breast) 4 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 *
Antitumor (Colon) 4 *
Antitumor (Kidney) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Lung) 4 *
Antitumor (Mouth) 1 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 2 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Skin) 2 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 *
Antitumor-Promoter 4 Yasukawa, K., Takido, M., Takeuchi, M., Sato, Y., Nitta, K., and Nakagawa, S. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Flavonol Glycosides on 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(3): 774-776, 1990.