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Plant Mitragyna speciosa (Rubiaceae)

Common Names
Kratum
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf not available 150.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
3-DEHYDROMITRAGYNINE 0 Leaf not available 36.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AJMALICINE 11 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CORYNANTHEIDALINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CORYNANTHEIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN 40 Leaf not available 150.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOMITRAFOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOMITRAPHYLLINE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOSPECIOFOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MITRACILIATINE 0 Leaf not available 32.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MITRAGYNALINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MITRAGYNINE 6 Leaf not available 86.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MITRAGYNOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MITRAPHYLLINE 12 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MITRASPECINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MITRAVERSINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PAYNANTHEINE 0 Leaf not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
RHYNCHOPHYLLINE 23 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ROTUNDIFOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPECIOCILIATINE 2 Leaf not available 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardiotonic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrocirculant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Choline-Sparing 2 Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
Circulotonic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
CNS-Depressant 2 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
COMP-Inhibitor 1 Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
Cytotoxic 2 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.
Dopaminergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic 2 Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
Hypoglycemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 4 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Immunostimulant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Insulinogenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Interleukin-1-alpha-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Interleukin-6-mRNA-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.