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
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antiulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiviral	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	2	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	2	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Clastogenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	1	Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *