Plant Lythrum salicaria (Lythraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Purple Loosestrife

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ANTHOCYANINS	30	Flower	not available	10000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-PHTHALATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-MONOGALACTOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIBUTYL-PHTHALATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIISOBUTYL-PHTHALATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID	51	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLOTANNINS	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYL-PHTHALATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LOLIOLIDE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALVIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCISSIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ORIENTIN	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICARIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Flower	not available	137000.0	0.82	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Leaf	not available	120000.0	0.12	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Root	not available	85000.0	0.27	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 Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
Abortifacient	1 (View Chemicals list for Abortifacient)	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for ACE-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	4 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	1 (View Chemicals list for Allelochemic)	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	1 (View Chemicals list for Allelopathic)	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	1 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic)	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Angiogenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anorexic)	Martindale's 28th
Ant-Repellent	1 (View Chemicals list for Ant-Repellent)	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anthelmintic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadenomic)	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiaflatoxin)	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antianaphylactic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiandrogenic)	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiapoptotic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiapoptotic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiarrhythmic)	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiarthritic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiarthritic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiatheromic)	Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.