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Plant Nicotiana glauca (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Tree Tobacco
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ALKALOIDS 0 Fruit not available 12000.0 1.10 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf not available 11000.0 0.13 Duke, 1992 *
ANABASINE 6 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINE 21 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORNICOTINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf 12000.0 21000.0 0.30 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Addictive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Anorectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
ANS-Paralytic 1 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.
ANS-Stimulant 1 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.
Antiaggregant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Merck 7th Ed.
Anticataract 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.