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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
Antimutagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuromuscular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinociceptive 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiophidic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiosteoporotic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiphagocytotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiPMS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition