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Common Names
Benghal dayflower
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | 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 |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiophidic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antiosteoporotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antioxidant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparkinsonian | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperiodontitic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| AntiPMS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprogestational | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiprostaglandin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiprostatitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyretic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Antirheumatic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitumor | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 1 | 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. |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcer | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiviral | 3 | Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991. |