Common Names
Pokeweed
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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 * |
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 * |