Common Names
Purple Loosestrife
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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TANNIN | 35 | Stem | not available | 105000.0 | 0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
VITEXIN | 18 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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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 * |