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Plant Phyllanthus niruri (Euphorbiaceae)

Common Names
Seed On The Leaf
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
3,5,7-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONAL-4'-O-ALPHA-L-(-)-RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHOXY-NORSECURININE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHOXY-SECURININE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,3',4'-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONONE-7-O-ALPHA-L-(-)-RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Tramil
BREVIFOLIN-CARBOXYLIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYMENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Tramil
HYPOPHYLLANTHINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf not available not available not available Tramil
LINTETRALIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPA-20(29)-ENE-3-BETA-OL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPA-20(29)-ENE-3-BETA-OL-ACETATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Root not available not available not available Tramil
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Plant not available not available not available Tramil
NIRANTHIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIRTETRALIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIRURETIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Tramil
NIRURIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Tramil
PHYLLANTHIN 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOCHRYSINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Tramil
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
Counterirritant 1 Merck 11th Edition
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 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.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Dentifrice 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Detoxicant 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Diaphoretic? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Estrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant 2 Duke, 1992 *
FLavor 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
FPTase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *