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Plant Erythrina crista-galli (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Cockspur Coral Tree
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
ALKALOIDS 0 Seed 24000.0 45300.0 1.53 Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 5345.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ERYTHROIDINE 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CRISTADINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CRISTAMIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EICOSENOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 15000.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
ERYCRISTAGALLIN 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERYSODINE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERYSONINE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERYSOPINE 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERYSOTHIOPINE 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERYSOTHIOVINE 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERYSOVINE 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERYTHRALINE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERYTHRAMINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERYTHRATINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERYTHRATINONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 167000.0 -0.52 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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antialopecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 163.1999.
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticlimacteric 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Anticonvulsant 4 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Anticoronary 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.