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Plant Cryptostegia grandifolia (Asclepiadaceae)

Common Names
Rubber Vine
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
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed not available 10240.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WAX 0 Leaf 13000.0 15000.0 1.39 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
Antileishmanic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antimalarial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinephritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity? 1 Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antioxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiseborrheic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisecretory 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 2 Martindale's 29th