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Plant Melilotus indica (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Small-Flowered Melilot
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
ASH 0 Plant 85000.0 131000.0 0.18 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant not available 13400.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
CAO 0 Plant not available 24900.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 643000.0 699000.0 0.17 Duke, 1992 *
CELLOBIOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Plant 17000.0 19000.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Plant 149000.0 294000.0 0.53 Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
K2O 0 Plant not available 15300.0 0.74 Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN 0 Plant not available 33600.0 0.84 Duke, 1992 *
P2O5 0 Plant not available 4900.0 0.44 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant not available 3500.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Plant 153000.0 253000.0 0.65 Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SORBOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antialcoholic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiallergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianxiety 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 1 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Anticancer (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.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 2 Duke, 1992 *