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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Crotalaria retusa (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Rattlepod
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
INDICAN 1 Leaf *
ISATINECINE 0 Plant *
MONOCROTALINE 11 Plant *
MONOCROTALINE-N-OXIDE 0 Plant *
NECINE 0 Plant *
RETRONECINE 0 Plant *
RETUSAMINE 0 Plant *
RETUSAMINE-N-OXIDE 0 Plant *
RETUSIN 2 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Antifeedant 1 (View) *
Antileukemic 1 (View) Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Antitumor 2 (View) *
Carcinogenic 1 (View) *
Cardiodepressant 1 (View) *
Cytotoxic 1 (View) Arisawa, M., Hayashi, T., Shimizu, M., Morita, N., Bai, H., Kuze, S., and Ito, Y. Isolation And Cytotoxicity Of Two New Flavonoids From Chrysosplenium grayanum And Related Flavonols. J. Natural Products, 54(3): 898-901, 1991.
Hepatotoxic 1 (View) *
Hypotensive 1 (View) *
Myostimulant 1 (View) Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Pesticide 1 (View) *
Uterotonic 1 (View) *