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Plant Lippia javanica (Verbenaceae)

Common Names
Lemon Bush; Umsuzwane (Zulu)
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ALANINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588.
ARGININE 14 Plant not available not available not available Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588.
ASPARAGINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Plant not available not available not available Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588.
CIS-OCIMENONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Mwangi, J., Addae-Mensah, I., Munavu, R., Lwande, W. 1991. Essential Oils of Kenyan Lippia Species. Part III. Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6(3): 221-224.
D-GLUCOSE 1 Plant not available not available not available Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588.
EO 0 Plant not available not available not available Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588.
ICTEROGENIN 2 Plant not available not available not available 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.
IPSDIENONE 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Van Wyk, B. E. and Gericke, N. 2000. People's Plants. Briza Publications, Arcadia, South Africa. 351 pp.
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Essential Oil not available not available not available Van Wyk, B. E. and Gericke, N. 2000. People's Plants. Briza Publications, Arcadia, South Africa. 351 pp.
MYRCENONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Mwangi, J., Addae-Mensah, I., Munavu, R., Lwande, W. 1991. Essential Oils of Kenyan Lippia Species. Part III. Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6(3): 221-224.
OCIMENE 2 Plant not available 4000.0 2.29 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.
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588.
THEVESIDE 0 Leaf not available 300.0 not available Rimpler, H., Sauerbier, H. 1986. Iridoid Glucosides as Taxonomic Markers in the Genera Lantana, Lippia, Aloysia and Phyla. Biochem. Syst. Ecol., 14(3): 307-310.
THEVESIDE 0 Root not available 350.0 not available Rimpler, H., Sauerbier, H. 1986. Iridoid Glucosides as Taxonomic Markers in the Genera Lantana, Lippia, Aloysia and Phyla. Biochem. Syst. Ecol., 14(3): 307-310.
THEVIRIDOSIDE 0 Root not available 370.0 not available Rimpler, H., Sauerbier, H. 1986. Iridoid Glucosides as Taxonomic Markers in the Genera Lantana, Lippia, Aloysia and Phyla. Biochem. Syst. Ecol., 14(3): 307-310.
TRANS-OCIMENONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Mwangi, J., Addae-Mensah, I., Munavu, R., Lwande, W. 1991. Essential Oils of Kenyan Lippia Species. Part III. Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6(3): 221-224.
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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
Acaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 4 Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Anesthetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 2 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Antichoreic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *