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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
STIGMASTEROL 12 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRANDRINE 27 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TUDURANINE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Rhizome not available 15.0 -0.41 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
Antitussive 1 Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Antiulcer 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiviral 2 Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anxiolytic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Beta-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardic 1 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Calcium-Antagonist 2 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 2 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Cardioprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Circulatory-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 3 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Collagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *