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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Sinomenium acutum (Menispermaceae)

Common Names
Ching-Feng-Teng
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
STIGMASTEROL 12 Rhizome *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Stem *
TETRANDRINE 27 Root *
TUDURANINE 0 Rhizome *
ZINC 77 Rhizome 15.0 -0.41 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insulinogenic 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
Laxative 2 *
Leptingenic 1 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
Litholytic 1 *
Membranomodulator 1 *
Mucogenic 1 Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990.
Mutagenic 1 *
Myorelaxant 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 *
Ovulant 1 *
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *
Paralytic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Pesticide 3 *
Prooxidant 1 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Liu, L, Riese, J., Resch, K., Kaever, V. 1994. Impairment of Macrophage Eicosanoid and Nitric Oxide Production by an Alkaloid from Sinomenium acutum. Arzneim-Forsch, 44(11): 1223-1226.
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 2 *
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.