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
Antitumor (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral	2	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive	4	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Capillariprotective	1	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Demulcent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diagnostic	1	Martindale's 28th
Dye	1	Merck 11th Edition
Estrogenic?	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.