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Plant Mirabilis jalapa (Nyctaginaceae)

Common Names
Four-o-clock

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
12-TRIACONSANONE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ARABINOSE 0 Root not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETA-AMYRIN-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSYL-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 4 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
FAT 0 Seed 39000.0 46000.0 -1.16 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
GALACTOSE 1 Root not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
N-HEXACOSANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PROTEIN 0 Seed 171000.0 181000.0 -0.47 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RESIN 0 Root not available 30000.0 -0.34 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TRIGONELLINE 15 Root not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Apoptotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 1 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Cancer-Preventive 1 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Epidermal-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Gastroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hepatoprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypoglycemic 3 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.
Hypolipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Larvicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mutagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Osmoregulator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 1 Duke, 1992 *