Plant Crotalaria juncea (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Sunhemp

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	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 *

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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
Cancer-Preventive	3	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Cardioprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Catechol-O-Methyltransferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Demulcent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
DOPA-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Estrogen-Agonist	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 139.1999.
Estrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Flatulent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fungicide	2	Geibel, M. 1994. Sensitivity of the Fungus Cytospora persoonii to the Flavonoids of Prunus cerasus. Phytochemistry. 38(3): 599-601. 1995.
Fungistat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	2	Martindale's 29th
Hepatotoxic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Histidine-Kinase-Inhibitor	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Hypocholesterolemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hypoglycemic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Hypotensive	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).