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.
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
9,14-DIHYDROXYOCTADECANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	34000.0	105250.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	not available	5600.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Plant	not available	9.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYPEGANINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYVASICINONE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIPEGENE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Plant	15000.0	46450.0	-0.08	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	135000.0	175000.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Plant	57000.0	176475.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
HARMALINE	24	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HARMALOL	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HARMAN	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HARMINE	23	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPEGANINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PEGAMINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PEGANINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PEGANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PEGANONES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	not available	600.0	-1.44	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
Respirastimulant	1	Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets, e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Spinodepressant	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.
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	1	Funayama, Y., Nishio, K., Kabayashi, K., Nagao, M., Shimoi, K., Ohira, T., Hasegawa, S., Saijo, N. 1996. Effects of Beta- and Gamma-carboline Derivatives on DNA Topoisomerase Activities. Mutat Research, 249: 183-191.
Tranquilizer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic	3	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.
Uteroactive	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.
Uterotonic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Vasodilator	2	Duke, 1992 *