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Plant Duchesnea indica (Rosaceae)

Common Names
False Strawberry; Indian Strawberry; Mock Strawberry
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
2-ALPHA-3-ALPHA-19-ALPHA-TRIHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Plant not available 1.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
AGRIMONIIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DUCHESIDE-A 0 Plant not available 0.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
DUCHESIDE-B 0 Plant not available 1.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Plant not available 313.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUSCAPHIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRIEDLIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID-MONOMETHYLESTER 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFERITRIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POMOLIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Plant not available 1.6 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOXYLIN 4 Plant not available not available not available 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
AntiCrohn's 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidecubitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidementia 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatitic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiabetic 2 Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
Antidote (Aluminum) 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiEBV 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antieczemic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiendometriotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.