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Plant Rubia cordifolia (Rubiaceae)

Common Names
Madder
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *