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Plant Galega officinalis (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Goat's Rue; Galega
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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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
2,3',4',5,7-PENTAHYDROXY-FLAVANONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,3',4,4',6-PENTAHYDROXY-DIBENZOYLMETHANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,3-(ALPHA-HYDROXY-TRIMETHYLENE)-QUINAZOL-4-ONE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-D-GLUCURONOPYRANOSYL)-SOYASAPOGENOL-B 0 Shoot not available 113.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXYGALEGINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXYGALEGINE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLANTOIN 12 Shoot not available 3.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf not available 3.7 -0.33 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
CITRULLINE 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Shoot not available 260.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DEARABINOSYL-PNEUMANTHOSIDE 0 Shoot not available 1.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYVASICINE 0 Seed not available 12.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYVASICINE 0 Shoot not available 6.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYVASICINONE 1 Seed not available 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYVASICINONE 1 Shoot not available 11.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOIDS 0 Flower not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
GALEGIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALEGINE 4 Plant 3000.0 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GALEGINE 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALEGINE 4 Shoot not available not available not available 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
(+)-Inotropic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 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
Antiaggregant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 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
Antiallergic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *