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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
RESEDINE 1 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.
RESIN 0 Leaf 20000.0 30000.0 -1.25 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SCOPOLETIN 44 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Oil 157800.0 158000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 8835.0 19285.0 -0.15 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STEROLS 0 Plant not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Leaf 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.
SUCROSE 14 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Leaf not available 110000.0 1.08 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
TANNINS 0 Leaf 50000.0 100000.0 0.07 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TILIANIN 0 Leaf not available 200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTAN-1-OL 1 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Leaf not available 90000.0 -3.58 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.
WATER 0 Seed not available 106000.0 -0.47 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
XANTHONES 6 Leaf not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
XYLOSE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antileukotriene-D4 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotrienogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 2 Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimelanomic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiMRSA 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antinitrosaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antioxalate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *