Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Pinellia ternata (Araceae)

Common Names
Ban-Xia, Pan-Hsia
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE 0 Tuber *
3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Tuber *
ARGININE 14 Tuber *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Tuber *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Tuber *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tuber *
CALCIUM 28 Tuber 4180.0 10000.0 1.80 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Tuber *
CHOLINE 20 Stem *
COPPER 12 Tuber 2.0 4.0 -1.11 *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Tuber *
D-GLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Tuber *
DELTA-6-OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Tuber *
EO 0 Tuber 30.0 130.0 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Tuber *
GLYCINE 12 Tuber *
HOMOGENTISIC-ACID 2 Tuber *
HOMOGENTISIC-ACID-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tuber *
IRON 6 Tuber 70.0 95.0 -0.45 *
ISOOLEIC-ACID 0 Tuber *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Tranquilizer 2 (View) *
Trichomonicide 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Ubiquiot 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 (View) *
Uricosuric 1 (View) *
Uterorelaxant 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Vasoconstrictor 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Vasodilator 4 (View) *
Vulnerary 1 (View) Martindale's 28th