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
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	5	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Carcinogenic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Cardioprotective	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Choleretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Inhibitor	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Cosmetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *