Plant Phytolacca americana (Phytolaccaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Pokeweed

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
PHYTOLACCOGENIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POKEBERRYGENIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POKEWEED-ANTIVIRAL-PROTEIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PREBETANINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Shoot	26000.0	311000.0	0.90	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-L-ARABINO-7-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Shoot	3.0	39.0	2.00	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Shoot	1.0	10.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Shoot	not available	916000.0	0.83	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaging	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiallergic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.