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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
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MDR-Inhibitor 1 Castro, A. F., Altenberg, G. A. 1997. Inhibition of Drug Transport by Genistein in Multidrug-Resistant Cell Expressing P-Glycoprotein. Biochem Pharmacol, 53(1): 89-93.
NADH-Ubiquinone-Oxidoreductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Peristaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Peroxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Pituitary-sensitizer 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
PTK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Poison 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.