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Common Names
Sensitive Plant
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 180.0 | 2570.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 5000.0 | 71000.0 | -0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 36000.0 | 54000.0 | 0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Leaf | 65.0 | 930.0 | 2.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 350.0 | 23800.0 | 0.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 51000.0 | 689000.0 | 0.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CROCETIN | 10 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CROCETIN-DIMETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GLUCURONIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-XYLOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 32000.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 24000.0 | 170000.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 82000.0 | 327000.0 | 2.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | not available | 14.0 | -0.89 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Leaf | 220.0 | 3140.0 | 0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 12240.0 | 86700.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 100.0 | 680.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MIMOSINE | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NOREPINEPHRINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antipsoriac | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipyretic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiradicular | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |
| Antiretinotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirheumatic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscorbutic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiseptic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antispasmodic | 3 | Collins, D.J., Culvenor, C.C.J., Lamberton, J.A., Loder, J.W. and Price, J.R., Plants for Medicines, CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia, 1990, 303 pp. |
| Antistress | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisyndrome-X | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitumor | 3 | Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990. |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (CNS) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |