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
DIHYDROXYLUPENE	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.
EO	0	Flower	100.0	200.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
ESCULETIN	30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	56000.0	122220.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	335000.0	372200.0	1.87	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FIXED-OIL	0	Seed	not available	75000.0	-1.24	Duke, 1992 *
FRAXETIN	12	Leaf	50000.0	100000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Leaf	not available	69000.0	1.59	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HENNADIOL	0	Bark	not available	26.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HENNOSIDES	0	Plant	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.
ISOPLUMBAGIN	1	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPLUMBAGIN	1	Stem Bark	not available	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACOUMARIN	0	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.
LACOUMARIN	0	Plant	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LALOISIDE	0	Leaf	not available	7650.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAWNERMIS-ACID	0	Seed	not available	6.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAWNERMIS-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Seed	not available	4.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiplasmodial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiproteolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	5	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiradicular	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiReye's	1	Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatic	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antisickling	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic	5	=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
Antistaphylococcic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	10	Yu, S.G., Anderson, P.J., and Elson, C.E. 1995. Efficacy of B-Ionone in the Chemoprevention of Rat Mammary Carcinogenesis. J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2144-2147.
Antitumor (brain)	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.