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
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antihangover	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimpotence	1	Martindale's 29th