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Plant Ludwigia epilobioides (Onagraceae)

Common Names
Fireweed ludwigia
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ISOORIENTIN 4 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ISOVITEXIN 4 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ORIENTIN 4 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
VITEXIN 18 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ACE-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Antiarrhythmic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antibradiquinic 1 Fitoterapia No.61: 277, 1990.
Antidermatitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 2 Fitoterapia No.61: 263, 1990.
Antioxidant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 1 Planta Medica, 57: A110, 1991.
Antiserotoninic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aphidifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 3 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Goitrogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypotensive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Pesticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Thyroid-Peroxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.