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Plant Marsdenia reichenbachii (Asclepiadaceae)

Common Names
Condurango
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
BETA-AMYRINCINNAMATE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Latex Exudate not available 60000.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
CONDURANGAMINES 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CONDURANGIN 1 Bark 10000.0 20000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CONDURANGOGLYCOSIDE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CONDURITOL 0 Bark not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
D-CYMAROSE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-THEVETOSE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDRODREVOGENIN-D 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DREVOGENIN-D 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant not available 100.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant not available not available not available 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
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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.
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 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.
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.
Antisecretory 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 1 Duke, 1992 *