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Plant Lythrum salicaria (Lythraceae)

Common Names
Purple Loosestrife
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
TANNIN 35 Stem not available 105000.0 0.65 Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN 18 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiserotoninic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 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.
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitumor 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antivaricose 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *