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Plant Sinomenium acutum (Menispermaceae)

Common Names
Ching-Feng-Teng
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ACUTUMIDINE 1 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACUTUMINE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Rhizome not available 15400.0 1.84 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Rhizome not available 16.0 1.22 Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROSINOMENINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DISINOMENINE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DL-SYRINGARESINOL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Rhizome not available 150.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
ISOSINOMENINE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-SINACTINE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Rhizome not available 360.0 -1.32 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNOFLORINE 11 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Rhizome not available 21.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
MICHELALBINE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Rhizome not available 5560.0 -0.82 Duke, 1992 *
SINOACUTINE 1 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINOMENINE 7 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Rhizome not available 102.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
STEPHARINE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Toxic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Tranquilizer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotonic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Vasodilator 5 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 1 Martindale's 28th