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Plant Pausinystalia johimbe (Rubiaceae)

Common Names
Yohimbe
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
19-DEHYDROYOHIMBINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AJMALINE 16 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALLOYOHIMBINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-YOHIMBINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CORYNANTHEINE 8 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CORYNANTHINE 8 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCORYNANTHEINE 7 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROSISSIRIKINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOYOHIMBINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUEBRACHINE 2 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRAHYDROMETHYLCORYNANTHEINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
YOHIMBINE 37 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiHIV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertensive 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypertonic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Antiketaminic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 4 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antimutagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparaesthesic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiplasmodial 4 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antiradicular 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiserotonin 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *