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Plant Sophora angustifolia (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Narrowleaf Sophora
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
8-ISOPENTYL-RHAMNOCITRIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANAGYRINE 11 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Root not available 0.5 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
BAPTIFOLINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 8750.0 9710.0 0.25 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Root 5.0 10.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
CYTISINE 10 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORMONONETIN 16 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Root 280.0 860.0 0.81 Duke, 1992 *
ISOANHYDROICARITIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOKURARINONE 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOMATRINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOXANTHOHUMOL 6 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KURADINOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KURARIDIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KURARIDINOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KURARINOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KURARINONE 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-N-METHYLCYTISINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Abortifacient 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiaggregant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianaphylactic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.