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Common Names
Thorny Silver Berry
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,7-DIMETHYLKAEMPFEROL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| KUMATAKENIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| LUPEOL | 21 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| URSOLIC-ACID | 89 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Abortifacient | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allelopathic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analgesic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anthelmintic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiallergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran | 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. |
| Antiandrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiangiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarrhythmic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 1 | Planta Medica, 57: A56, 1991. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 4 | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |
| Anticancer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |