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
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 *

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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
Antidote (Aluminum)	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium)	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Iodine)	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat)	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	4	Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antifatigue	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant	2	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Antifertility	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *