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
Antiproliferant	2	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipsoriac	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic	1	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.
Antiretinotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispasmodic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisyndrome-X	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
AntiTGF-beta	1	Duke, 1992 *