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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Plant | 250.0 | 300.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Shoot | 100.0 | 900.0 | -0.73 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| ALPHA-ALANINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| APIGENIN | 101 | 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. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Flower | 11.0 | 100.0 | -0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Flower | 3190.0 | 29000.0 | -0.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Flower | 5.3 | 48.0 | 0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTYRIC-ACID | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Flower | 506.0 | 4600.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 140.0 | 509.0 | -0.77 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CAMPHEROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 210000.0 | 764000.0 | -0.10 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Flower | 0.3 | 2.5 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Flower | 1.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-FRUCTOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GLUCOSE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-MALTOL | 0 | 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. |
| FAT | 0 | Flower | 9130.0 | 83000.0 | 0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 33000.0 | 120000.0 | 0.28 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | 73000.0 | 265000.0 | 1.16 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nodulation-Signal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Oviposition-Stimulant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P21-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 2 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |