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Plant Pilocarpus pennatifolius (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Paraguay Jaborandi
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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
ISOPILOCARPINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PILOCARPINE 20 Leaf 2000.0 4000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Alzheimerigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiaggregant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Choleretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Edemagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gastrostimulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Immunostimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ixodicide 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Miotic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Muscarinic-Agonist 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Parasympathomimetic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Pesticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 28th
Sudorific 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sympathomimetic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Tachycardic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.