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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Passiflora incarnata (Passifloraceae)

Common Names
Manzana de Mayo; Mayapple; Passionflower
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
VICENIN-2 12 Plant Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind)
VITEXIN 18 Plant 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.
WATER 0 Flower 890000.0 0.51 *
ZINC 77 Flower *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cyclin-B1-Inhibitor 1 *
Cyclin-D1-Inhibitor 1 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 3 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytoprotective 1 *
Cytotoxic 9 Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic 1 *
Desmutagenic 4 *
Detoxicant 1 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 3 *
Diuretic 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 *
Energizer 1 *