Plant Ipomoea purga (Convolvulaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Jalap

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
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Tuber	30000.0	40000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CETYL-ALCOHOL	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CONVOLVULINE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EXEGONIC-ACID	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IPURANOL	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JALAPINE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JALAPINOLIC-ACID	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ETHYL-ACETIC-ACID	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ORIZABINE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINOVOSIDES	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Tuber	100000.0	200000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCAMMONINE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN	44	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TIGLIC-ACID	1	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERIC-ACID	9	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	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	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	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenergic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchoconstrictor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinogenic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *