Plant Quisqualis indica (Combretaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Rangoon Creeper

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
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	110860.0	130140.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	67160.0	78840.0	0.93	Duke, 1992 *
PENTOSAN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	not available	19900.0	0.18	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM-QUISQUALATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM-SULFATE	0	Seed	39000.0	41711.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	107000.0	114438.0	-1.06	Duke, 1992 *
QUISQUALIC-ACID	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	not available	36.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	20930.0	24570.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE	15	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	not available	65000.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Fruit	not available	22.0	-0.25	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
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant	1	Martindale's 29th
Diuretic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Dye	1	Merck 11th Edition
Elastase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Epidermal-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
FLavor	5	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Hemolytic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemopoietic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	2	Martindale's 29th
Hepatoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic	2	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic	8	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic	2	Martindale's 28th
Hypolipemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Immunomodulator	5	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.