Plant Centaurium erythraea (Gentianaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Centaury

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
3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMAROGENTIN	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CENTAPICRIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CEROTIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CERYL-ALCOHOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CRATAEGOLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERYTHRODIOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERYTHROSTEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOIDS	0	Plant	not available	4000.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIANIDINE	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIANINE	24	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIOFLAVINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIOFLAVONIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIOPICRIN	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIOPICROSIDE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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
Antimelanogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimeningitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimitotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiMS	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antineoplastic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic	3	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinociceptive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	6	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiperoxynitrite	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPGE2	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant	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.