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
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	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 (Kidney)	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 (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	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 (Pancreas)	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 (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	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 (Thyroid)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiurethrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiurticaric	1	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antivaricose	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral	9	Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Aphidifuge	2	Lugemwa, F.N., Huang, F-Y., Bentley, M.D., Mendel, M.J., and Alford, A.R. 1990. A Heliothis zea Antifeedant from the Abundant Birchbark Triterpene Betulin. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38(2): 493-494.
Apoptotic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.