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Common Names
African Bowstring Hemp; Snake Plant
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (25S)-RUSCOGENIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-O-METHYL-GLUCURONIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ABAMAGENIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-XYLOSE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | not available | 25000.0 | -1.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEMICELLULOSE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-BUTYL-4-OL-N-PROPYL-PHTHALATE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEORUSCOGENIN | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SANSEVIERIGENIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAPONINS | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
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| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Androgenic | 1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic) | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiogenic | 1 (View Chemicals list for Angiogenic) | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 1 (View Chemicals list for Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker) | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 1 (View Chemicals list for Anorexic) | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiadenomic | 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadenomic) | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiandrogenic | 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiandrogenic) | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antibacterial | 1 (View Chemicals list for Antibacterial) | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer (Breast)) | 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 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer (Cervix)) | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer (Lung)) | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticapillary-Fragility | 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticapillary-Fragility) | Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp. |
| Antidiabetic | 1 (View Chemicals list for Antidiabetic) | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiedemic | 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiedemic) | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiestrogenic) | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifeedant | 1 (View Chemicals list for Antifeedant) | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 1 (View Chemicals list for Antifertility) | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 (View Chemicals list for Antigonadotrophic) | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antihepatomic | 1 (View Chemicals list for Antihepatomic) | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 (View Chemicals list for Antihyperlipoproteinaemic) | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 1 (View Chemicals list for Antihypertensive) | Duke, 1992 * |