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

Plant Heimia salicifolia (Lythraceae)

Common Names
Sinicuichi
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
6'-O-METHYLVERTICILLATINE 0 Plant *
ABRESOLINE 0 Plant *
ALKALOIDS 0 Shoot 18000.0 1.90 *
ANELISINE 0 Plant *
CRYOGENINE 9 Shoot *
DEHYDRODECODINE 0 Plant *
DEMETHYLLASUBIN 0 Plant *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Leaf *
FAT 0 Seed 287000.0 0.11 *
HEIMIDINE 0 Shoot *
HEIMINE 0 Shoot *
LYFOLINE 0 Shoot *
LYTHRIDINE 0 Plant *
LYTHRINE 0 Plant *
NESODINE 2 Shoot *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 216000.0 -0.16 *
SAPONINS 5 Plant *
SINICUICHINE 1 Leaf *
SININE 0 Shoot *
VERTINE 0 Shoot *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antianaphylactic 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 1 (View) *
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 (View) Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 (View) Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Esophagus) 1 (View) Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Mouth) 1 (View) Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticariogenic 1 (View) *
Anticataract 1 (View) Shimizu, M., Horie, S., Terashima, S., Ueno, H., et al. 1989. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Natural Products.II. Active Components of a Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Para-parai mi,' Phyllanthus niruri. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 37(9): 2531-2532, 1989.
Anticholinergic 1 (View) CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Antigingivitic 1 (View) *
AntiGTF 1 (View) *
Antihepatomic 1 (View) *
AntiHIV 1 (View) Tan, G.T., Pezzuto, J.M., Kinghorn,* A.D., Hughes, S.H. Evaluation Of Natural Products As Inhibitors Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Reverse Transcriptase. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 143-154, 1991.
Antihyperthyroid 1 (View) *
Antiinflammatory 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimalarial 1 (View) Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.