Plant Firmiana simplex (Sterculiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Chinese Parasol

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ARSENIC	2	Seed	not available	0.3	2.63	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEINE	62	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	not available	2310.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	not available	15.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	not available	70.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	not available	4480.0	0.61	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	not available	23.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	not available	14500.0	0.17	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	not available	78.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
STERCULIC-ACID	4	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Seed	not available	25.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *

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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
FLavor	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Herbicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypertensive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Immunomodulator	3	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Immunosuppressant	1	Martindale's 29th
Insecticide	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulinogenic	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Juvabional	1	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Litholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lypolytic	1	Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Mucogenic	1	Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990.
Myorelaxant	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Nephrotoxic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neurotoxic	1	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.