Plant Menispermum canadense (Menispermaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Moonseed

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
ACUTIMIDINE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACUTIMINE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE	130	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAURICINE	16	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAURINOLINE	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROCHEILANTHIFOLIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	160000.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNOFLORINE	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-DESMETHYLDAURICIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYLINDCARPINMETHIODIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	not available	131000.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
TETRANDRINE	27	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIBURNITOL	0	Leaf	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
Antiphotooxidative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antisalmonella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisecretory	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antishigellic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antisilicotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antispermigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistrep	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antisyphilitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitrachomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antitubercular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	1	Werbach & Murray, 1994.
Antitumor (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	1	Duke, 1992 *