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
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	not available	1870.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	not available	94.0	0.58	Duke, 1992 *
MUNJISTINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NOR-DAMNACANTHAL	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	not available	12600.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOPURPURIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PURPURIN	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PURPUROXANTHINS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIADIN	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUBICOUMARIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIFOLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETOL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	not available	195.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPURPURIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	not available	39.0	0.65	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.