Plant Justicia adhatoda (Acanthaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Malabar Nut

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
1,2,3,9-TETRAHYDRO-5-METHOXYPYRROLO-(2,1-B)-QUINAZOLINE-3-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2',4-DIHYDROXYCHALCONE-4-GLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-HYDROXYPEGANINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-ACETAMIDO-3,4-DIHYDROPYRIDO-(3,4-B)-INDOLE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADHATODIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADHATODINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADHATONINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Plant	not available	4000.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
ANISOTINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANISOTININE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	8000.0	0.13	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Seed	not available	29000.0	2.04	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE	14	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CEROTIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	12900.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYVASCINONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	258000.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID	1	Seed	not available	27600.0	3.34	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	not available	31700.0	-0.65	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
(+)-Inotropic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	2	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiallergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	3	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiasthmatic	1	Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets, e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
Antibacterial	1	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.