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.
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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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherosclerotic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	2	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th