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Plant Geranium maculatum (Geraniaceae)

Common Names
Cranesbill
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUM 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS 0 Root 100000.0 280000.0 1.52 Duke, 1992 *
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Styptic 1 (View Chemicals list for Styptic) Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor) Hamada, S. I., Kataoka, T., Woo, J. T., Yamada, A., Yoshida, T., Nishimura, T., Otake, N., Nagai, K. 1997. Immunosuppressive Effects by Gallic Acid and Chebulagic Acid on CTL-Mediated Cytotoxicity. Biol Pharm Bull, 20: 1017-1019.
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor) Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229