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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
Antidote (Iodine) 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiedemic 2 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antielastase 1 (View) *
Antiescherichic 1 (View) *
Antifeedant 1 (View) Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antiflu 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antigonadotropic 1 (View) Jim Duke's personal files.
Antihemolytic 1 (View) 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 (View) *
Antihepatotoxic 2 (View) *
Antiherpetic 1 (View) *
Antihistaminic 1 (View) *
AntiHIV 1 (View) *
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperthyroid 1 (View) *
Antihysteric 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiinflammatory 2 (View) *
Antiinsomniac 1 (View) *
AntiLegionella 1 (View) *
Antileukemic 1 (View) 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.