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
Antileukotriene	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotrienogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	2	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinesidioblastosic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antinitrosaminic	1	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antiophidic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	1	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiproliferant	2	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.
Antiprostaglandin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	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.
Antiseptic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic	3	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73.
Antistaphylococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antisunburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithyroid	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitumor	2	Duke, 1992 *