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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Petiveria alliacea (Phytolaccaceae)

Common Names
Anamu, Guinea Hen Leaf, Mucura
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALLANTOIN 12 Plant Germosen-Robineau, L. (Ed.) 1997. Farmacopea Vegetal Caribena. Endacaribe, Tramil. Ediciones Emile Desormeaux, Martinique F.W.I. 360 pp.
ALPHA-FRIEDELINOL 0 Plant Germosen-Robineau, L. (Ed.) 1997. Farmacopea Vegetal Caribena. Endacaribe, Tramil. Ediciones Emile Desormeaux, Martinique F.W.I. 360 pp.
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Root Tramil
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Root Tramil
BENZYL-2-HYDROXYETHYL-TRISULFIDE 1 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant Germosen-Robineau, L. (Ed.) 1997. Farmacopea Vegetal Caribena. Endacaribe, Tramil. Ediciones Emile Desormeaux, Martinique F.W.I. 360 pp.
CINNAMYL-ACETATE 3 Plant Tramil
COUMARIN 57 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DIBENZYL-TRISULFIDE 0 Root Germosen-Robineau, L. (Ed.) 1997. Farmacopea Vegetal Caribena. Endacaribe, Tramil. Ediciones Emile Desormeaux, Martinique F.W.I. 360 pp.
ISOARBORINOL 0 Plant Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
ISOARBORINOL-ACETATE 0 Plant Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
ISOARBORINOL-CINNAMATE 0 Plant Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
ISOTHIOCYANATES 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LIGNOCERATIC-ACID 0 Plant Germosen-Robineau, L. (Ed.) 1997. Farmacopea Vegetal Caribena. Endacaribe, Tramil. Ediciones Emile Desormeaux, Martinique F.W.I. 360 pp.
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Plant Germosen-Robineau, L. (Ed.) 1997. Farmacopea Vegetal Caribena. Endacaribe, Tramil. Ediciones Emile Desormeaux, Martinique F.W.I. 360 pp.
LIGNOCERILIC-ACID 0 Plant Germosen-Robineau, L. (Ed.) 1997. Farmacopea Vegetal Caribena. Endacaribe, Tramil. Ediciones Emile Desormeaux, Martinique F.W.I. 360 pp.
LIGNOLEIC-ACID 0 Leaf Germosen-Robineau, L. (Ed.) 1997. Farmacopea Vegetal Caribena. Endacaribe, Tramil. Ediciones Emile Desormeaux, Martinique F.W.I. 360 pp.
N-METHYL-4-TRANSMETHOXYPROLINE 0 Stem Germosen-Robineau, L. (Ed.) 1997. Farmacopea Vegetal Caribena. Endacaribe, Tramil. Ediciones Emile Desormeaux, Martinique F.W.I. 360 pp.
NONADECANOIC-ACID 0 Leaf Germosen-Robineau, L. (Ed.) 1997. Farmacopea Vegetal Caribena. Endacaribe, Tramil. Ediciones Emile Desormeaux, Martinique F.W.I. 360 pp.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Leaf Germosen-Robineau, L. (Ed.) 1997. Farmacopea Vegetal Caribena. Endacaribe, Tramil. Ediciones Emile Desormeaux, Martinique F.W.I. 360 pp.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Okada,Y,et al.1995.Search for Naturally Occurring Substances to Prevent the Complications of Diabetes.II.Inhibitory Effect of Coumarin and Flavonoid Derivatives on Bovine Lens Aldose Reductase and Rabbit Platelet Aggregation.Chem Pharm Bull43(8):1385-1387
Allelochemic 1 (View) 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.
Allergenic 2 (View) *
Analgesic 1 (View) Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 3 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant 1 (View) *
Antialopecic 1 (View) *
Antiandrogenic 3 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 4 (View) *
Antibiotic 1 (View) List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Antibrucellosic 1 (View) Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
Anticancer 1 (View) *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 (View) Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.