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Plant Stephania tetrandra (Menispermaceae)

Common Names
Stephania
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
CYCLANOLINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYLTETRANDRINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FANGCHINOLINE 9 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HANDFANGCHINS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOTETRANDRINE 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MENISIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MENISINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID-GLYCERIDES 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRANDRINE 27 Wood 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
ACE-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antiischemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiphagocytotic 1 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 Merck 11th Edition
Antiseptic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisilicotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.