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Plant Rubia cordifolia (Rubiaceae)

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
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
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antileukemic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimenopausal 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *