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Plant Erythrophleum suaveolens (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Ordeal Tree; Sassy Bark
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
3BETA-ACETOXY-7ALPHA-HYDROXY-N-(2-HYDROXYPHENYL)-N-METHYL-(E)-CASS-13(15)-EN-16-AMIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CASSAIDINE 6 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CASSAINE 5 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CASSAMINE 5 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDRONORERYTHROSUAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERYTHROPHLAMINE 5 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERYTHROPHLEGUINE 3 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERYTHROPHLEINE 9 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HOMOPHLEINE 6 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORCASSAMIDIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORCASSAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORERYTHROSUAMINE 0 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
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiseptic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 5 Merck 11th Edition
Convulsant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cytotoxic 1 Collins, D.J., Culvenor, C.C.J., Lamberton, J.A., Loder, J.W. and Price, J.R., Plants for Medicines, CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia, 1990, 303 pp.
Digitalic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Diuretic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hemolytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Pesticide 5 Duke, 1992 *
Uterotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasoconstrictor 1 Duke, 1992 *