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Common Names
Manzana de Mayo; Mayapple; Passionflower
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PASSIFLORINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Flower | 407.0 | 3700.0 | 0.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Fruit | 430.0 | 1564.0 | -0.50 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Flower | 2200.0 | 20000.0 | 0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Flower | 13200.0 | 120000.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Fruit | 23000.0 | 84000.0 | -0.34 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Flower | 0.1 | 0.5 | -1.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| SACCHAROSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAPONARETIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| SAPONARIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| SAPONARINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hepatoprotective | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 2 | Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991. |
| Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hypertensive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 10 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 12 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ICAM-1-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IKK-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunostimulant | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Immunosuppressant | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| iNOS-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inotropic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |