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Plant Heimia salicifolia (Lythraceae)

Common Names
Sinicuichi
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
6'-O-METHYLVERTICILLATINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ABRESOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Shoot not available 18000.0 1.90 Duke, 1992 *
ANELISINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CRYOGENINE 9 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDRODECODINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHYLLASUBIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 287000.0 0.11 Duke, 1992 *
HEIMIDINE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEIMINE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYFOLINE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYTHRIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYTHRINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NESODINE 2 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 216000.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINICUICHINE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SININE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VERTINE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Cytotoxic 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 359.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Detoxicant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatoprotective 1 Mayumi Ito (nee Someya), et al. 1990. Hepatoprotective Compounds from Canarium album and Euphorbia nematocypha. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2201-2203, 1990.
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 224.
Hyperglycemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypotensive 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Immunomodulator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Pesticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Ahn, D., Putt, D., Kresty, L., Stoner, G. D., Fromm, D., Hollenberg, P. F. 1996. The Effects of Dietary Ellagic Acid on Rat Hepatic and Esophageal Mucosal Cytochromes P450 and Phase II Enzymes. Carcinogenesis, 17(4): 821-828.
Sedative 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Topoisomerase-I-Antagonist 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Tranquilizer 2 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Vasodilator 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 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