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Plant Dionaea muscipula (Droseraceae)

Common Names
Venus' Fly Trap
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3-CHLOROPLUMBAGIN 0 Plant not available 90.0 not available KREHER, NESZMELYI, POLOS & WAGNER 1988
DROSERONE 0 Plant not available 240.0 not available KREHER, NESZMELYI, POLOS & WAGNER 1988
HYDROPLUMBAGIN-4-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant not available 6400.0 not available KREHER, NESZMELYI, POLOS & WAGNER 1988
PLUMBAGIN 42 Plant not available 2050.0 not available KREHER, NESZMELYI, POLOS & WAGNER 1988
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Abortifacient 1 (View Chemicals list for Abortifacient) Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 (View Chemicals list for Allelochemic) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Antialopecic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antialopecic) Fitoterapia No.5-1990.
Antibacterial 1 (View Chemicals list for Antibacterial) Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticoagulant) Fitoterapia No.5-1990.
Antifeedant 1 (View Chemicals list for Antifeedant) Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 (View Chemicals list for Antifertility) Fitoterapia No.5-1990.
Antiflu 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiflu) Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antihistoplasmotic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antihistoplasmotic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiimplantation 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiimplantation) Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antileishmanic) Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antileukemic) Fitoterapia No.5-1990.
Antileukodermic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antileukodermic) Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 1 (View Chemicals list for Antimalarial) Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antioxidant 1 (View Chemicals list for Antioxidant) Bezanger-Beauquesne*, L. Noveautes En Phytotherapie. Sixieme Revue. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 46-76, 1989.
Antiplasmodial 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiplasmodial) Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antiseptic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiseptic) Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antitumor 1 (View Chemicals list for Antitumor) Fitoterapia No.5-1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 1 (View Chemicals list for Calcium-Antagonist) Duke, 1992 *
Cardioparalytic 1 (View Chemicals list for Cardioparalytic) Duke, 1992 *