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Plant Crotalaria retusa (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Rattlepod
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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
INDICAN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISATINECINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MONOCROTALINE 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MONOCROTALINE-N-OXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NECINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RETRONECINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RETUSAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RETUSAMINE-N-OXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RETUSIN 2 Plant not available not available not available 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
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 1 Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Antitumor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 1 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 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myostimulant 1 Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Pesticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uterotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *