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.
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
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	Chemical Count	Reference
Antinephritic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antinitrosaminic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	2	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiophidic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant	8	Huang, M-T., and Ferraro, T. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Cancer Prevention. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.2 p.21.
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	3	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiplaque	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiradicular	2	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antirenitic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiseptic	3	Duke, 1992 *