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

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	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
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Membranomodulator	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ovulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
PAF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Pesticide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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.