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
Antidote (Iodine)	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiedemic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antielastase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antiflu	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antigonadotropic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antihemolytic	1	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihepatoadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypercholesterolemic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihysteric	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiinflammatory	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.