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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Antimenopausal | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antimenorrhagic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Antimigraine | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
Antimutagenic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
Antimyocarditic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antinauseant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Antinephritic | 2 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
Antinesidioblastosic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Antineuralgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antineurasthenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antineuritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antineuropathic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Antinociceptive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiobesity | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Antionychyotic | 1 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
Antiophidic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
Antiorchitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Antiosteoarthritic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |