Plant Sansevieria trifasciata (Agavaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

African Bowstring Hemp; Snake Plant

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
(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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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
Antiinflammatory	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antitumor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antitumor (Breast)	1	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.
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antivaricose	1	Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp.
Antiviral	1	Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.