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Plant Lawsonia inermis (Lythraceae)

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
LUTEOLIN 78 Leaf not available 29.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Plant not available not available not available 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.
LUTEOLIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LUTEOLIN-3'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available 1175.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MANNITOL 18 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIACONTANOL 0 Bark not available not available not available =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
N-TRIACONTANYL-TRIDECANATE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIACONTYL-N-TRIDECANOATE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIACONTYL-N-TRIDECANOATE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIACONTYL-N-TRIDECANOATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIACONTYL-N-TRIDECANOATE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Oil 346600.0 347000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 19410.0 42360.0 -0.63 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Oil 90700.0 91000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 5080.0 11085.0 -0.47 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PENTOSANS 0 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PROTEIN 0 Seed 50000.0 55555.0 -1.59 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
QUINONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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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