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.
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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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiherpetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimpotence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinsomniac	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antilepric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antileukemic	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.