Plant Costus speciosus (Costaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Crepe Ginger; Wild Ginger; Cane Reed

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
14-OXO-HEPTACOSANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
14-OXO-TRICHOSANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
15-OXO-OCTACOSANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5-ALPHA-STIGMAST-9(11)-EN-3-BETA-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CORTICOSIDE-I	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CORTICOSIDE-J	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CURCUMIN	135	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMINOIDS	9	Rhizome	not available	30000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN	7	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DISOCIN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GRACILLIN	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STARCH	5	Rhizome	not available	333333.0	-0.64	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STEROID SAPONINS	0	Rhizome	10000.0	40000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECYL-11-METHYLTRIDECANOATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
TETRADECYL-13-METHYLPENTADECANOATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
TIGOGENIN	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.

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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
Antiatherosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	2	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Antibronchitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Anticancer (Breast)	2	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	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Duodenum)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Mammary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticataract	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticholecystosic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticolitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticollagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Iodine)	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.