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Plant Phytolacca americana (Phytolaccaceae)

Common Names
Pokeweed
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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
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 *
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
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diagnostic 1 Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Elastase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Expectorant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Heme-Sparing 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat 1 Spring, M.A. 1988. Ethnopharmacologic Analysis of Medicinal Plants Used by Laotian Hmong Refugees in Minnesota. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 26: 65-91, 1989.
Hepatoprotective 4 Duke, 1992 *