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
Antiarthritic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherosclerotic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticataract	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticonvulsant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.