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Plant Phytolacca americana (Phytolaccaceae)

Common Names
Pokeweed
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 *
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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 *