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Plant Hemidesmus indicus (Asclepiadaceae)

Common Names
Indian Sarsaparilla
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN-ACETATE 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DESININE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Root 1600.0 2250.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
HEMIDESMOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEMIDESTEROL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXATRIACONTANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL-ACETATE 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL-OCTACOSANOATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-METHOXY-SALICYLIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Root 1280.0 1800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS 0 Leaf not available 25000.0 -0.89 Duke, 1992 *

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5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for 5-HT-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 (View Chemicals list for Allelochemic) Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 3 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic) Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic) Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Angiogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anorexic) Martindale's 28th
Antiadenomic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadenomic) Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiaggregant) Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiaging) Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiallergic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiandrogenic) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiangiogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiapoplectic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiapoplectic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiatherogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiatherosclerotic) Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 3 (View Chemicals list for Antibacterial) Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Anticancer 2 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer) Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer (Breast)) Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.