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Plant Stephania japonica (Menispermaceae)

Common Names
Japanese Tape-Vine
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
STEPHOLINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEPINONINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEPISIMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEPONINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIBURNITOL 0 Leaf not available 4000.0 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
Analgesic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiaggregant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Anticarcinomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 1 Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp.
Antipyretic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiseptic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antisilicotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Dopamine-Receptor-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ganglionic-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 2 Duke, 1992 *