Plant Cycas revoluta (Cycadaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Sago Cycas

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOXANTHIN	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCASIN	5	Seed	2000.0	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	not available	39000.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	1200.0	4300.0	-1.38	Duke, 1992 *
FORMALDEHYDE	12	Seed	1640.0	2200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE	1	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MACROZAMIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOCYCASIN-A	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOCYCASIN-B	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	11500.0	140000.0	-0.83	Duke, 1992 *
SOTETSUFLAVONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Seed	68000.0	243700.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Fruit	not available	30000.0	-1.07	Duke, 1992 *
SUGAR	0	Seed	39000.0	140000.0	0.78	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	not available	618000.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	not available	721000.0	1.89	Duke, 1992 *

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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
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Demulcent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diagnostic	1	Martindale's 28th
Dye	1	Merck 11th Edition
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Fungicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hyperglycemic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hypocholesterolemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Irritant	1	Martindale's 29th
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Mucogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mutagenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Neoplastic	1	Martindale's 29th
Pesticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).