Plant Mercurialis annua (Euphorbiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Annual Mercury

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
CYANOGENIC-GLUCOSIDES	0	Juice	not available	13500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Root	not available	800.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-AMINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Root	not available	1200.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HERMIDINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOAMYL-AMINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYL-AMINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALTOSE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURIALIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-AMINE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Root	not available	28000.0	-1.08	Duke, 1992 *
NARCISSIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROPYLAMINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONINS	5	Root	18000.0	22500.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
SIO2	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Root	not available	33500.0	-1.34	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
Antimelanomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant	3	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.
Antiperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplatelet	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipurpuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	2	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.
Antispasmodic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithrombogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic	1	Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitumor	2	Duke, 1992 *