Plant Peganum harmala (Zygophyllaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Harmel; Syrian Rue

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
PROTEIN	0	Plant	57000.0	17650.0	-1.28	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	294000.0	352000.0	1.05	Duke, 1992 *
RUINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VASCINONES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VASICINONE	13	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Plant	not available	677000.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Desmutagenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Euphoriant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hallucinogenic	2	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Herbicide	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypocholesterolemic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypotensive	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Immunosuppressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative	2	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	3	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.
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Pesticide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Photoactive	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Phototoxic	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Protisticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic	1	Fitoterapia No.5-1990.