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Plant Mandragora officinarum (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Mandrake
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
3,6-DITIGLOYLOXYTROPANE 0 Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
3-ALPHA-TIGLOYLOXYTROPANE 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 3000.0 4000.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
APOATROPINE 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ATROPINE 51 Root 10.0 20.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BELLADONNINE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSATROPIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CUSCOHYGRINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 226000.0 -0.21 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
HYOSCYAMINE 27 Root 2500.0 3500.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
MANDRAGORINE 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORHYOSCYAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 221000.0 -0.11 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SCOPINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLAMINE 41 Root 30.0 50.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SCOPOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TROPIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Okada,Y,et al.1995.Search for Naturally Occurring Substances to Prevent the Complications of Diabetes.II.Inhibitory Effect of Coumarin and Flavonoid Derivatives on Bovine Lens Aldose Reductase and Rabbit Platelet Aggregation.Chem Pharm Bull43(8):1385-1387
Allelochemic 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Amnesigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Analgesic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 3 Martindale's 29th
Anesthetic-potentiator 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anhydrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadrenergic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianoxic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiarrhythmic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antibacterial 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antibradycardic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinergic 5 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Anticonvulsant 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antideliriant 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidote (Anticholinesterase) 3 Martindale's 29th