Plant Celosia cristata (Amaranthaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cockscomb

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
AMARANTHIN	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Flower	not available	0.1	-1.14	Duke, 1992 *
BETANIN	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAXANTHIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Flower	not available	8910.0	0.87	Duke, 1992 *
CELOSIANIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Flower	not available	9.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	134000.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Flower	not available	180.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
ISOAMARANTHIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCELOSIANIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Flower	not available	6080.0	2.36	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Flower	not available	109.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Flower	not available	0.3	2.14	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Flower	not available	20600.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	not available	181000.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Flower	not available	137.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Flower	not available	39.0	0.25	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	1	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Analgesic	2	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 69.
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiaggregant	2	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic	4	Duke, 1992 *