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Plant Kalanchoe pinnata (Crassulaceae)

Common Names
Air Plant; Siempre Viva
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
3,8-DIMETHOXY-4',5,7-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-CINNAMIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant not available not available not available Tramil
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BRYOPHYLLIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRIEDELIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTINOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOCITRIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-MONOGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LACTIC-ACID 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE 3 Plant not available not available not available Tramil
N-HENTRIACONTANE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uterosedative 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 2 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.