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Common Names
Chinese Foxglove
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | not available | 1190.0 | -0.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | not available | 24.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANNINOTRIOSE | 0 | Root | 10000.0 | 56000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANNITOL | 18 | Root | 10000.0 | 74000.0 | 1.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MELITTOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Root | not available | 1000.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Plant | 1000.0 | 6000.0 | -0.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORIC-ACID | 4 | Root | 11000.0 | 21000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Root | not available | 9730.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Root | 3000.0 | 4000.0 | 1.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Root | 36000.0 | 87000.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| REHMAGLUTINS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| REHMANNIOSIDES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Root | 1000.0 | 9000.0 | 3.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Root | not available | 626.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STACHYOSE | 1 | Root | 321000.0 | 649000.0 | 1.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Root | 28000.0 | 81000.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Root | 1000.0 | 16000.0 | 3.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Root | 1000.0 | 3000.0 | 1.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Root | 1000.0 | 7000.0 | 1.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticanker | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticataract | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticephalagic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticerebrotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| AntiCFS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticheilitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antichoreic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anticlimacteric | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticoeliac | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticold | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticolitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticonvulsant | 2 | Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp. |
| Anticoronary | 2 | 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 |
| AntiCrohn's | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidandruff | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidementia | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidepressant | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |