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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
Antifeedant 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatocarcinogenic 1 Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990.
Antihepatotoxic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.