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Plant Pinellia ternata (Araceae)

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

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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
3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Tuber 4180.0 10000.0 1.80 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Tuber 2.0 4.0 -1.11 Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-6-OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Tuber 30.0 130.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HOMOGENTISIC-ACID 2 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HOMOGENTISIC-ACID-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Tuber 70.0 95.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
ISOOLEIC-ACID 0 Tuber 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
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigastritic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antihangover 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th