Plant Polygala senega (Polygalaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Seneca Snakeroot; Senega

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
-D-GLUCITOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,5-ANHYDRO-(O-ALPHA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-{1-2}-O-ALPHA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-{1-2})	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-O-ALPHA-D-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-1,5-ANHYDRO-D-GLUCITOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,4,5-TRIMETHOXYCINNAMIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIMETHOXYCINNAMIC-ACID	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-1,5-ANHYDRO-D-GLUCITOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSYL-ALPHA-D-GALACTOSYL-D-GLUCOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOSENEGIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FUCOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYSENEGIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANNINOTRIOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANNOSE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE	21	Root	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MONOTROPITOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	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
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelopathic	2	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	1	Martindale's 28th
Analgesic	2	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 69.
Anaphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadhesive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Antiallergic	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antiarrhythmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic	1	Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antibacterial	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic	2	Duke, 1992 *