Plant Rubia cordifolia (Rubiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Madder

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
1,3-DIMETHOXY-2-CARBOXYANTHRAQUINONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,4-DIHYDROXY-2-CARBOETHOXYANTHRAQUINONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,4-DIHYDROXY-2-METHYL-5-METHOXYANTHRAQUINONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,4-DIHYDROXY-2-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,5-DIHYDROXY-2-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-ACETOXY-6-HYDROXY-2-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE-3-O-ALPHA-RHAMNOSYL...	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HYDROXY-2-CARBOXY-3-METHOXYANTHRAQUINONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HYDROXY-2-METHOXYANTHRAQUINONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HYDROXY-2-METHYL-6-METHOXYANTHRAQUINONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HYDROXY-2-METHYL-7-METHOXYANTHRAQUINONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HYDROXY-2-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5,8-DIHYDROXY-2-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALIZARIN	11	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHRAQUINONES	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Root	not available	1.1	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	not available	37800.0	3.33	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	not available	15.0	0.36	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAPEPTIDES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	not available	720.0	0.60	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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiandrogenic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.