An official website of the United States government.
Common Names
Sicklepod
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALANINE | 3 | Seed | not available | 6500.0 | -0.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALATERNIN-1-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTHRAQUINONE | 0 | Seed | 300.0 | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTHRAQUINONES | 6 | Seed | 10000.0 | 20000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARABINOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | 3280.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARACHIDIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | 850.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Seed | not available | 10200.0 | -0.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 42000.0 | 48100.0 | 0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | not available | 15000.0 | -0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BEHENIC-ACID | 1 | Seed | not available | 475.0 | -0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Seed | 1000.0 | 2000.0 | 0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 4100.0 | 6590.0 | 0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 665000.0 | 689000.0 | 0.66 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOOBTUSIN-1-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 200.0 | 6000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHRYSOPHANIC-ACID-8-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Seed | 20.0 | 400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Seed | 9.0 | 32.0 | 1.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Absorbent | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acetylcholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AGEs-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aggregant | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 3 | Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110. |
| Allelochemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allergenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analgesic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anemiagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiacid | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiacne | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiADD | 1 | Martindale's 29th |