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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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Cytoprotective 1 (View) Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 2 (View) *
Diuretic 1 (View) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
DNA-Active 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 (View) *
Emollient 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
FLavor 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 2 (View) *
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 (View) *
Hepatoprotective 2 (View) Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 210.
Hepatotropic 1 (View) *
Herbicide 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Hypoglycemic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 165
Hypotensive 2 (View) *
Immunostimulant 1 (View) *
Insectifuge 1 (View) Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.