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Plant Lycium chilense (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Chilean Wolfberry
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
24-ETHYLCHOLESTA-5,22-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYLCHOLESTA-5-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYLIDENECHOLEST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLCHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE 14 Fruit not available 10000.0 1.00 Foster, S. and Yue, C-G. 1992. Herbal Emissaries-Bringing Chinese Herbs to the West. Healing Arts Press, Rochester VT. 356 pp.
BETAINE 14 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEROLS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antichoreic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigastritic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihomocysteine 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimyoatrophic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bruchiphobe 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Cardiodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.