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 |
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3-ACETYLALEURITOLIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
3-ACETYLOLEANOLIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
3-OXO-3-CARBOMETHOXY-24-NOROLEAN-12-EN-29-OIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ALKALOIDS | 0 | Fruit | not available | 22000.0 | 2.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
AMERICANIN | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ANTHOCYANIN | 3 | Fruit | not available | 93000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Shoot | 1360.0 | 16184.0 | 0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
ASTRAGALIN | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Shoot | 52.0 | 621.0 | 2.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
BETANIN | 5 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CAFFEIC-ALDEHYDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CALCIUM | 28 | Shoot | 530.0 | 6307.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
CALCIUM-OXALATE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Shoot | 37000.0 | 441000.0 | -0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ESCULENTIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
FAT | 0 | Shoot | 4000.0 | 48000.0 | 0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
FRUCTOSE | 8 | Fruit | not available | 14000.0 | -0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
GLUCOSE | 7 | Fruit | not available | 46000.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hepatotropic | 1 | Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp. |
Hyperglycemic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
Hypertensive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hypocholesterolemic | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Hypoglycemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hypolipemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Hypotensive | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Immunomodulator | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Immunostimulant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Immunosuppressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Inflammatory | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Insectifuge | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Insectiphile | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Interferonogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Irritant | 1 | Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |
Larvicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Laxative | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |