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Plant Dendrobium nobile (Orchidaceae)

Common Names
Noble Dendrobium
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
4-HYDROXYDENDROXINE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-HYDROXYDENDROBINE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-HYDROXYDENDROXINE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-OXYDENDROBINE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-OXYDENDROXINE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Stem not available 6530.0 -1.32 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Stem not available 9.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
DENBINOBIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DENDRAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DENDRIN 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DENDRINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DENDROBINE 6 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DENDROBINE-N-OXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DENDROXINE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Stem not available 90.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Stem not available 520.0 -1.79 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Stem not available 53.0 -1.19 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
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sialogogue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Tranquilizer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Vasodilator 3 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 1 Martindale's 28th