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
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Musculotropic	3	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Myorelaxant	5	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Nematicide	4	Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
NEP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic	2	Martindale's 29th
NF-kB-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Ovulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oxytocic	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.
P450-1A-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Percutaneostimulant	1	Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Perfumery	2	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide	13	Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *