Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Gelsemium sempervirens (Loganiaceae)

Common Names
Yellow Jessamine
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
1-METHOXY-GELSEMINE 0 Plant *
9-HYDROXYSEMPEROSIDE 0 Root *
BRASOSIDE 0 Root *
EMODIN-MONOMETHYL-ETHER 0 Root *
EO 0 Root 5000.0 -0.42 *
FABIATIN 0 Root *
GELSEDINE 1 Root *
GELSEMICINE 8 Root *
GELSEMIDE 0 Root *
GELSEMIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
GELSEMIDINE 1 Root *
GELSEMINE 6 Root *
GELSEMININE 0 Root *
GELSEMIOL 0 Root *
GELSEMIOL-1-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
GELSEMIOL-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
GELSEVIRINE 1 Root *
IPURANOL 0 Root *
N-PENTATRIACONTANE 0 Root *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Okada,Y,et al.1995.Search for Naturally Occurring Substances to Prevent the Complications of Diabetes.II.Inhibitory Effect of Coumarin and Flavonoid Derivatives on Bovine Lens Aldose Reductase and Rabbit Platelet Aggregation.Chem Pharm Bull43(8):1385-1387
Allelochemic 1 (View) 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.
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiadrenergic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *
Antiasthmatic 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 2 (View) *
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 (View) *
Anticancer 1 (View) *
Anticariogenic 1 (View) *
Anticholinergic 1 (View) *
Antidiarrheic 1 (View) *
Antidysenteric 1 (View) *
Antiedemic 1 (View) *
Antifeedant 1 (View) Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antihepatotoxic 2 (View) Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
AntiHIV 1 (View) *