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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Clitoria ternatea (Fabaceae)

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
GENISTEIN 81 Leaf Diffusate 25.0 1.63 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cancer-Preventive 1 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardioprotective 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 163.1999.
Catechol-O-Methyltransferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytotoxic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
DOPA-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Estrogen-Agonist 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 139.1999.
Estrogenic 1 *
Flatulent 1 *
Fungicide 1 Geibel, M. 1994. Sensitivity of the Fungus Cytospora persoonii to the Flavonoids of Prunus cerasus. Phytochemistry. 38(3): 599-601. 1995.
Fungistat 1 *
Histidine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Hypocholesterolemic 1 *
Immunostimulant 1 *
Lipase-Inhibitor 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
MDR-Inhibitor 1 Castro, A. F., Altenberg, G. A. 1997. Inhibition of Drug Transport by Genistein in Multidrug-Resistant Cell Expressing P-Glycoprotein. Biochem Pharmacol, 53(1): 89-93.
NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Natriuretic 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Peroxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.