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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CITRIC-ACID 23 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CYANIDIN-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
D-GLYCERIC-ACID 0 Leaf 5000.0 15000.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DEXTRIN 0 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DI-N-BUTYLAMINE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DI-N-PROPYL-AMINE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DICAFFEOYLSPERMIDINE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
DIETHYL-AMINE 2 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DIMETHOXYPHENOL 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DIMETHYL-AMINE 2 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DRIMAN-8,11-DIOL 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DRIMAN-8-OL 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EMULSIN 0 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
END0-2-(1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPYL-7,8-DIOXABICYCLO-{3,2,1}-OCT-6-YL)-PROPEN-2-OL 0 Plant *
ENDO-2-(1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPYL-7,8-DIOXABICYCLO-{3,2,1}-OCT-6-YL)-PROPEN-2-OL 0 Plant *
ERGOSTEROL 5 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ESCULETIN 30 Leaf *
ETHANOL 24 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ETHYL-AMINE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antileishmanic 2 *
Antilethargic 1 *
Antileukemic 8 *
Antileukoplakic 1 *
Antileukorrheic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antileukotriene 4 *
Antileukotriene-D4 2 *
Antileukotrienogenic 1 *
Antilipoperoxidant 2 *
Antilithic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antilupus 2 Martindale's 28th
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 1 *
Antimaculitic 3 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antimalarial 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimastalgic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiMD 1 *
Antimelanogenic 2 *
Antimelanomic 3 *