Plant Gentiana scabra (Gentianaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Japanese Gentian

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
ARSENIC	2	Root	not available	1.1	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	not available	7490.0	0.01	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	not available	18.0	0.70	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIANINE	24	Root	not available	500.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIANOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIOBIOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIOPICRIN	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIOPICROSIDE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIN	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	not available	910.0	0.88	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	not available	1150.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	not available	98.0	0.62	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	not available	8980.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	not available	140.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
SWERTIAMARIN	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	not available	18.0	-0.27	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
Antiarthritic	6	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	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticonvulsant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary	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
AntiCrohn's	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidandruff	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidementia	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.