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Lippia javanica (Verbenaceae)

Common Names
Lemon Bush; Umsuzwane (Zulu)
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALANINE 3 Plant Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588.
ARGININE 14 Plant Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588.
ASPARAGINE 2 Plant Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Essential Oil *
CHOLINE 20 Plant Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588.
CIS-OCIMENONE 0 Essential Oil 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 Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588.
EO 0 Plant Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588.
ICTEROGENIN 2 Plant 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 Van Wyk, B. E. and Gericke, N. 2000. People's Plants. Briza Publications, Arcadia, South Africa. 351 pp.
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil *
MYRCENE 22 Essential Oil Van Wyk, B. E. and Gericke, N. 2000. People's Plants. Briza Publications, Arcadia, South Africa. 351 pp.
MYRCENONE 0 Essential Oil 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 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 *
PROLINE 0 Plant Neidlein, R., Staehle, R. 1974. Constituents of Lippia javanica. III. Deutsche Apot. Ziit., 114: 1588.
THEVESIDE 0 Leaf 300.0 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 350.0 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 370.0 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 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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidementia 1 *
Antidermatitic 1 *
Antidiabetic 1 *
Antidiabetic? 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiedemic 2 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antifeedant 1 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Antiflu 1 *
Antiglutamaergic 1 *
Antihepatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antihomocysteine 1 *
Antihypertensive 1 *
Antiimpotence 1 *
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 2 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antileishmanic 1 *
Antileukemic 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.
Antilymphomic 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.