Plant Commelina benghalensis (Commelinaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Benghal dayflower

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ASH	0	Leaf	16000.0	115940.0	-0.05	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	2100.0	15215.0	-0.22	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAMPESTEROL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	95000.0	688400.0	0.61	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DOTRIACONTANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
FAT	0	Leaf	4000.0	28985.0	-0.55	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER	15	Leaf	24000.0	173900.0	0.15	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	430.0	3115.0	0.16	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
OCTACOSANOL	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	520.0	3770.0	-0.22	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	23000.0	166665.0	-0.45	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
STIGMASTEROL	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
TRIACONTANOL	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	862000.0	0.27	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses

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List of plant activities.
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Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
Androgenic	2 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Angiogenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1 (View Chemicals list for Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker)	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anorexic)	Martindale's 28th
Antiadenomic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadenomic)	Merck 11th Edition
Antiallergic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiallergic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiandrogenic)	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianxiety	1 (View Chemicals list for Antianxiety)	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiarrhythmic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiarthritic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiatherosclerotic)	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	1 (View Chemicals list for Antibacterial)	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Anticancer (Breast)	1 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer (Breast))	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer (Cervix))	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer (Lung))	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	1 (View Chemicals list for Anticlimacteric)	Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant	1 (View Chemicals list for Antidepressant)	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidermatitic?	1 (View Chemicals list for Antidermatitic?)	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antidiabetic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Aluminum)	1 (View Chemicals list for Antidote (Aluminum))	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.