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
Expectorant	2	Merck 11th Edition
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	1	Martindale's 28th
Hemopoietic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
HIF-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	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
Hypotensive	4	Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant	2	Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Laxative?	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Lipotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	1	Martindale's 29th