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
Cytotoxic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Digestive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dopamine-Receptor-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fungicide	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Glaucomagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	1	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypoglycemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	4	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lachrymatory	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Larvicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Leucocytogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipase-Inhibitor	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Membranomodulator	1	Duke, 1992 *