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Plant Lycoris squamigera (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Magic Lily; Resurrection Lily
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
EPIGALANTHAMINE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALANTHAMINE 18 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HIPPEASTRINE 2 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HOMOLYCORINE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCORAMINE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCORENINE 3 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYCORINE 28 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORPLUVIINE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PLUVIINE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOLYCORINE 1 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SQUAMIGERINE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TAZETTINE 1 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITTATINE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Analeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 1 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antibutylcholinesterase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinesterase 2 Martindale's 28th
Antifeedant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiherpetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antileukemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 1 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antimitotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimyasthenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineurotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiplasmodial 1 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antipolio 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproteinigenic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antipyretic 1 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Antitumor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 1 Duke, 1992 *