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Plant Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (Verbenaceae)

Common Names
Brazilian Tea
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
6-HYDROXYLUTEOLOL-7-GLUCURONIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENOL-7-GLUCURONIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DOPAMINE 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLOL-7-GLUCURONIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STACHYTARPHINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TARPHETALIN 0 Plant 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
Adrenergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Yoshikawa, M., et al. 1999. Medicinal Flowers. I. Aldose Reductase Inhibitors and Three New Eudesmane-Type Sesquiterpenes, Kikkanols A, B, and C, From the Flowers of Chrysanthemum inducum L. Chem Pharm Bull, 47(3): 340-345.
Allelochemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antifeedant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotropic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.