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
CNS-Stimulant	1	Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
Collyrium	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic	3	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Diagnostic	1	Martindale's 28th
Differentiator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	4	Jim Duke's personal files.
Dye	2	Merck 11th Edition
Emetic	1	Martindale's 28th
Emmenagogue	1	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Estrogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.