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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
Neuroparalytic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peroxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 4 Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Pituitary-sensitizer 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Propecic 4 Duke, 1992 *
PTK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Respiradepressant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tetanic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Poison 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Trypanosomastat 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)