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Plant Crotalaria juncea (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Sunhemp
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 not available 33000.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Stem not available 800100.0 1.20 Duke, 1992 *
DL-BETA-HYDROXY-N-METHYL-NORVALINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 43000.0 -1.17 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed not available 81000.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN 81 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JUNCEIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN 24 Stem not available 64100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 346000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
RIDDELLIINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SENECIONINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SENECIPHYLLINE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Seed not available 411000.0 0.41 Duke, 1992 *
TRICHODESMIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Seed not available 86000.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antioxidant 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 64.
Antiproliferative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiprostatitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (GI) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcer? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Beta-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 Duke, 1992 *