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Plant Lagerstroemia indica (Lythraceae)

Common Names
Crape Myrtle
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
3,3',4-TRI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-3-ARABINOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROVERTICILLATINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 83000.0 -0.96 Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LACERACETAL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAGERINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALVIDIN-3-ARABINOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-GALLATE 16 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYLLAGERINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETUNIDIN-3-ARABINOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 212000.0 -0.19 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
Candidicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 3 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 359.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Detoxicant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Floral-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gram(+)icide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostatic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hepatoprotective 2 Mayumi Ito (nee Someya), et al. 1990. Hepatoprotective Compounds from Canarium album and Euphorbia nematocypha. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2201-2203, 1990.
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 224.
Immunomodulator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 1 McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Immunosuppressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insulin-Sparing 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Juvabional 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.