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Common Names
Sicklepod
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| METHIONINE | 15 | Seed | not available | 2270.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NITROGEN | 0 | Seed | 22200.0 | 31300.0 | 0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OBTUSIFOLIN | 0 | Seed | 300.0 | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | not available | 13885.0 | -0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | not available | 8960.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | not available | 6530.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYSCION | 5 | Seed | 40.0 | 1000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | 9120.0 | 9200.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Seed | not available | 5360.0 | -1.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 137280.0 | 195310.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUESTIN | 2 | Seed | 200.0 | 1500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Seed | 200.0 | 1500.0 | -1.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| REDUCING-SUGAR | 0 | Seed | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | not available | 7590.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | 770.0 | 930.0 | 0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STACHYOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Seed | not available | 2000.0 | -1.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | not available | 3550.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiendometriotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienterotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiepileptic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifatigue | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 3 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigastritic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |