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

Common Names

Purple Loosestrife

How this plant is used

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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
Aphidifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	2	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Artemicide	1	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Astringent	1	Martindale's 29th
Autotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive	8	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candida-SAP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide	1	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Clastogenic	1	Friedman, M. and Dao, L. 1990. Effect of Autoclaving and Conventional and Microwave Baking on the Ergot Alkaloid and Chlorogenic Acid Contents of Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor Cav. cv.) Heavenly Blue Seeds. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 805-808.
CNS-Active	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *