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
GUM	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEMICELLULOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Shoot	17.0	202.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBETANINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPREBETANINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JALIGONIC-ACID	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Shoot	12.0	143.0	0.44	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXYMYRISTIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PAP(=POKEWEED-ANTIVIRAL-PROTEIN)	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Shoot	440.0	5238.0	0.84	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOLACCAGENIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOLACCAGENIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOLACCANIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOLACCASAPONINS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOLACCASIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOLACCATOXIN	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOLACCIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOLACCINIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	7	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Capillarigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Convulsant	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *