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Plant Quisqualis indica (Combretaceae)

Common Names
Rangoon Creeper
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiinsomniac 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiischemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antilethargic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimenopausal 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *