Plant Polianthes tuberosa (Agavaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Tuberose

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
5-(1-BUTENYL)-DIHYDRO-2(3H)-FURANONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-(2-HEXENYL)-DIHYDRO-2(3H)-FURANONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9(11)-DEHYDROHECOGENIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BENZOATE	17	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRIC-ACID	6	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Flower	800.0	15000.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESOL	17	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSAN	0	Bulb	not available	70000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE	5	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HECOGENIN	0	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYCORINE	28	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ANTHRANILATE	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-BENZOATE	4	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE	21	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-VANILLIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL	10	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NERYL-ACETATE	5	Flower	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
Acaricide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	7	Martindale's 29th
Analgesic	3	Merck 11th Edition
Anaphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	2	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antiadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	1	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Antiarachidonate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	4	Valnet, J. 1982. The Practice of Aromatherapy. Translated from the 1980 French Edition by Robin Campbell and Libby Houston. Destiny Books, New York. 279 pp.
Anticancer	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticancer (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	1	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticholinesterase	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Anticonvulsant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidysmenorrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiedemic	1	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 95.