Plant Lawsonia inermis (Lythraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Henna; Mignonette; Jamaica-Mignonette; Mignonette Tree

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
LAWSARITOL	1	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAWSARITOL	1	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	80.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAWSARITOL-A	0	Root	not available	54.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAWSONE	26	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAWSONE	26	Leaf	4300.0	40000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAWSONE	26	Petiole	2500.0	25000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAWSONE	26	Seed	not available	130.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAWSONIASIDE	0	Leaf	not available	1450.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAXANTHONE-I	0	Leaf	not available	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAXANTHONE-I	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAXANTHONE-II	0	Leaf	not available	160.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAXANTHONE-II	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAXANTHONE-III	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAXANTHONES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Oil	not available	293000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	16415.0	35820.0	-0.61	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	40000.0	-0.86	Duke, 1992 *
LUPANE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. and duCellier, J. L. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL 33431. 536 pp. US $312.50.
LUPEOL	21	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	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.
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic	2	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic	4	Martindale's 29th
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	2	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition