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Common Names
China Root
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Select a Results View:
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| MAO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mastogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mutagenic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Myoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oviposition-Stimulant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfumery | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Pesticide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protisticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Psychotropic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Radioprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sunscreen | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 1 | Bernard, F. X., Sable, S., Cameron, B., Provost, J., Desnottes, J. F., Crouzet, J., Blanche, F. 1997. Glycosylated Flavones as Selective Inhibitors of Topoisomerase IV. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 41: 992-998. |
| Vasodilator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasopressor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |