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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Nicotiana tabacum (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Tobacco
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
6-MEGASTIGMA-4,7,9-TRIENE-3-ONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ACETOPHENONE 6 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ACETOSYRINGONE 0 Tissue Culture Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AESCULETIN 32 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf 40000.0 60000.0 3.42 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID 0 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
AMMONIA 0 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
AMYLASE 1 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ANABASINE 6 Leaf *
ANATABINE 0 Root Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ANATALLINE 0 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ANILINE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ARABINOSE 0 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASH 0 Leaf 120000.0 250000.0 2.31 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASPARAGINE 2 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 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
Antituberculic 1 *
Antitumor 22 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 *
Antitumor (Breast) 6 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 6 *
Antitumor (Colorectal) 1 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 2 *
Antitumor (Liver) 3 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 3 *
Antitumor (Skin) 4 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 *
Antitumor-Promoter 8 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 2 *
Antiulcer 9 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcerogenic 3 *
AntiUTI 1 *