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
PROTOEMETINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSYCHOTRINE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSYCHOTRINE-METHYL-ETHER	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Root	300000.0	400000.0	0.35	Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiseborrheic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispasmodic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antitubercular	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiwart	1	Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Bacteristat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *