Plant Smilax china (Smilacaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

China Root

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
CINCHONIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOSGENIN	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	111000.0	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
ISOSERYL-S-METHYLCYSTEAMINE-SULFOXIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SMILAX-SAPONIN-A	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SMILAX-SAPONIN-B	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SMILAX-SAPONIN-C	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticapillary-Fragility	1	Merck 7th Ed.
Anticariogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *