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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
Vulnerary	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).