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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Lycoris radiata (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Spider Lily
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
2-(4-HYDROXY-BENZYL)-MALIC-ACID 0 Flower *
CHRYSANTHEMIN 0 Flower 400.0 *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
CYANIDIN-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE 0 Flower *
DEMETHYLHOMOLYCORINE 0 Bulb *
DEMETHYLLYCORAMINE 0 Bulb *
ETHYLRADIATINE 0 Bulb *
FRUCTANE 0 Bulb 110000.0 120000.0 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Bulb 21400.0 1.00 *
GALANTHAMINE 18 Bulb *
GLUCOSE 7 Bulb 6900.0 -1.00 *
HAEMANTHAMINE 5 Bulb *
HAEMANTHIDINE 0 Bulb *
HIGANBANAMANNAN 0 Bulb 39000.0 *
HIPPEASTRINE 2 Bulb *
HOMOLYCORINE 0 Bulb *
LYCORAMINE 0 Bulb *
LYCOREMINE 0 Bulb *
LYCORENINE 3 Bulb *
LYCORICYANINCHLORIDE 0 Flower *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
CNS-Inhibitor 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 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.
Cytotoxic 1 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Demulcent 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Emetic 1 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Expectorant 1 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Flatugenic 1 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
Herbistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypnotic 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hypotensive 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insecticide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 1 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Myocontractant 2 *
Myoneuro-stimulant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses