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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Jateorhiza palmata (Menispermaceae)

Common Names
Calumba Root
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
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 20000.0 43000.0 1.18 *
BISJATRORRHIZINE 0 Root *
CALUMBIN 0 Root *
CHASMANTHIN 0 Root *
COLUMBAMINE 7 Root *
COLUMBIN 0 Root *
COLUMBIN-2,3-EPOXIDE 0 Root *
COLUMBINYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
CRYPTOGENIN 0 Root *
DIOSGENIN 7 Root *
EO 0 Root 700.0 15000.0 0.05 *
EX(METHANOL) 0 Plant *
ISOJATEORINYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
JATEORINE 0 Root *
JATEORINYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
JATEORRHIZINE 5 Root *
MUCILAGE 3 Root *
PALMARIN 0 Root *
PALMATINE 17 Root 20000.0 *
STARCH 5 Root 300000.0 350000.0 0.14 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 1 (View) *
Adrenocorticotrophic 1 (View) *
Allergenic 1 (View) *
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Ancylostomicide 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anesthetic 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Ankylostomacide 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anthelmintic 2 (View) 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.
Antiacne 1 (View) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiaggregant 1 (View) Tramil, 42: 511.
Antialzheimeran? 2 (View) 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.
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *
Antiarthritic 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antiatherosclerotic 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 4 (View) *
Antibronchitic 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anticancer 1 (View) *
Anticariogenic 2 (View) *