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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(20S)-3BETA-30-DIHYDROXYLUPANE 0 Bark *
1,2-DIHYDROXY-4-GLUCOSYLNAPTHALENE 4 Leaf 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.
1,3-DIHYDROXY-6,7-DIMETHOXYXANTHONE 0 Plant *
1,3-DIHYDROXYNAPHTHALENE 0 Leaf *
1,4-DIGLUCOSYLOXY-2-HYDROXYNAPTHALENE 0 Leaf Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
1,4-NAPHTHAQUINONE 0 Leaf 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.
1,4-NAPHTHOQUINONE 3 Leaf *
1-HYDROXY-3,6-DIACETOXY-7-METHOXYXANTHONE 0 Plant *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-20-OXO-30-NORLUPANE 0 Plant 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.
30-NOR-LUPAN-3-BETA-OL-20-ONE 0 Bark *
3BETA-30-DIHYDROXYLUP-20(29)-ENE 0 Bark Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
4-GLUCOSYLOXY-1,2-DIHYDROXYNAPTHALENE 0 Leaf Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
ACACETIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant 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.
AESCULETIN 32 Leaf *
ALPHA-IONONE 5 Flower 20.0 40.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-IONONE 5 Flower Essent. Oil 180000.0 *
APIGENIN-4'-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf 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.
APIGENIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf *
APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Oil 96000.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Phytoalexin 1 *
Phytohormonal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Proliferant 1 *
Propecic 4 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 3 Hung, H.C., Lai, M.W., Wang, H.R., Chung, Y.L., Hsieh, L.M., Chen, C.C. 1993. Antiproliferative Effect of Esculetin on Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells: Possible Roles of Signal Transduction Pathways. Eur J Pharmacol, 237(1): 39-44.
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor 1 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 *
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *
Sedative 1 *
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Styptic 1 *
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen 4 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 3 Martindale's 28th
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.