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Plant Rivea corymbosa (Convolvulaceae)

Common Names
Snakeplant
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,7-DIMETHYLPHENANTHRENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Seed not available 560.0 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
CHANOCLAVINE 0 Seed not available 40.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ELYMOICLAVINE 0 Seed not available 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ERGINE 0 Seed not available 100.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ERGOMETRINE 7 Seed not available 20.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ERGOMETRININE 0 Seed not available 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOERGINE 1 Seed not available 190.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
LYSERGOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PENNICLAVINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENANTHRENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TUBICORYNE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidementia 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypertensive 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Antiimplantation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiinsomniac 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimenopausal 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimigraine 1 Martindale's 29th
Antioxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiphenylketonuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses