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Common Names
Rubber Vine
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Bruchiphobe | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Cancer-Preventive | 3 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Carcinogenic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| Carcinostatic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardioprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Choleretic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Depressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Comedolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cosmetic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215. |
| Cytotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dermatitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Disinfectant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Diuretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Elastase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLavor | 4 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |