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

Plant Ipomoea purga (Convolvulaceae)

Common Names
Jalap
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
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Tuber 30000.0 40000.0 1.00 *
CAFFEIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Tuber *
CETYL-ALCOHOL 0 Tuber *
CONVOLVULINE 0 Tuber *
EXEGONIC-ACID 0 Tuber *
IPURANOL 0 Tuber *
JALAPINE 0 Tuber *
JALAPINOLIC-ACID 0 Tuber *
METHYL-ETHYL-ACETIC-ACID 0 Tuber *
ORIZABINE 0 Tuber *
QUINOVOSIDES 0 Tuber *
RESIN 0 Tuber 100000.0 200000.0 *
SCAMMONINE 0 Tuber *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Tuber *
STARCH 5 Tuber *
TIGLIC-ACID 1 Tuber *
VALERIC-ACID 9 Tuber *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelochemic 1 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 1 (View) *
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiadenoviral 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenergic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antiaggregant 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *
Antiasthmatic 1 (View) *
Antiatherogenic 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 2 (View) *
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 (View) *
Anticancer 1 (View) *
Anticarcinogenic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticholinergic 1 (View) *
Antidepressant 1 (View) *