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Plant Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae)

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
3-O-GALACTOSIDE-ISORHAMNETIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FOENICULIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MORRONISIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-DIGALACTOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Shoot 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
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 2 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Anticancer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (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.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Antidermatitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiedemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antielastase 1 Duke, 1992 *