Plant Cephaelis ipecacuanha (Rubiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Ipecac; Raicilla

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
6,7-DEHYDRO-1,11B-BETA-DIHYDRORUBREMETINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Root	20000.0	40000.0	1.03	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CEPHAELINE	7	Root	8575.0	17700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELIDONIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROBREMETINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMETAMINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMETINE	33	Leaf	not available	4500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMETINE	33	Root	8000.0	26250.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROIPECAMINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IPECACUANHIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IPECACUANHIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IPECAMINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IPECOSIDE	0	Root	not available	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOEMETINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KRYPTONINE	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-METHYLPSYCHOTRINE	0	Root	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
Anticataract	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antichoreic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Anticold	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	1	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidecubitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidementia	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiabetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Aluminum)	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium)	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Iodine)	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead)	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat)	1	Martindale's 28th