Plant Crescentia alata (Bignoniaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Jicaro

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
ASH	0	Seed	38000.0	39000.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	not available	0.2	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	500.0	518.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	229000.0	237000.0	-1.14	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	397000.0	411000.0	0.77	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	24000.0	25000.0	-0.87	Duke, 1992 *
HCN	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
HETEROSIDES	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
IRON	6	Seed	94.0	97.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	5300.0	5490.0	0.49	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOANTHOCYANINS	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
NIACIN	39	Seed	not available	9.0	-1.01	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
PHENOLS	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	9680.0	10020.0	1.23	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	302000.0	313000.0	0.70	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	not available	1.2	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	7.3	7.6	0.24	Duke, 1992 *
TRITERPENOIDS	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Tramil
WATER	0	Seed	not available	34000.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Hypocholesterolemic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Insecticide	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Irritant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Laxative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Percutaneostimulant	1	Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	1	Duke, 1992 *