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Common Names
Jack na bush
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-EUPATEN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| (-)-EUPATEN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| 2',3',4,4',6'-PENTAHYDROXYCHALCONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ACACETINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| ALPHA-SITOSTEROL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| ANISIC-ACID | 6 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| BETA-AMYRIN | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CERYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| COPPER | 12 | Leaf | not available | 35.0 | 0.20 | Tramil |
| EPOXYLUPEOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| EUPATEN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| EUPATENOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 157000.0 | 275000.0 | 0.05 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| GAMMA-SITOSTEROL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | not available | 80.0 | -0.72 | Tramil |
| ISOSAKURANETINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| LUPEOL | 21 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Leaf | not available | 3200.0 | -0.36 | Tramil |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Leaf | not available | 70.0 | -0.34 | Tramil |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Analgesic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anthelmintic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiaggregant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 2 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
| Antiandrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiangiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antianxiety | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiarrhythmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 3 | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |