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
Artemicide	1	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bird-Repellent	1	Merck 11th Edition
Calcium-Antagonist	3	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	1	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	1	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cathartic	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	3	Duke, 1992 *