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
GUM	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEMICELLULOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Shoot	17.0	202.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBETANINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPREBETANINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JALIGONIC-ACID	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Shoot	12.0	143.0	0.44	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXYMYRISTIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PAP(=POKEWEED-ANTIVIRAL-PROTEIN)	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Shoot	440.0	5238.0	0.84	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOLACCAGENIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOLACCAGENIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOLACCANIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOLACCASAPONINS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOLACCASIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOLACCATOXIN	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOLACCIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOLACCINIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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 *