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
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 *