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Common Names
Ca-A-E; Sweet Leaf of Paraguay; Stevia
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REBAUDIOSIDE-A | 1 | Leaf | 14300.0 | 40000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| REBAUDIOSIDE-B | 1 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| REBAUDIOSIDE-B | 1 | Leaf | not available | 4400.0 | not available | Kinghorn, A. D. (Ed.) 2002. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles. Stevia. The genus Stevia. Taylor & Francis. New York, NY. 211 pp. |
| REBAUDIOSIDE-C | 1 | Leaf | 4000.0 | 20000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| REBAUDIOSIDE-D | 1 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| REBAUDIOSIDE-D | 1 | Leaf | not available | 300.0 | not available | Kinghorn, A. D. (Ed.) 2002. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles. Stevia. The genus Stevia. Taylor & Francis. New York, NY. 211 pp. |
| REBAUDIOSIDE-E | 1 | Leaf | not available | 300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| REBAUDIOSIDE-F | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| REBAUDIOSIDES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| RUTIN | 87 | Tissue Culture | not available | 7.0 | not available | Kinghorn, A. D. (Ed.) 2002. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles. Stevia. The genus Stevia. Taylor & Francis. New York, NY. 211 pp. |
| SABINENE | 5 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Kinghorn, A. D. (Ed.) 2002. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles. Stevia. The genus Stevia. Taylor & Francis. New York, NY. 211 pp. |
| SABINENE | 5 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Kinghorn, A. D. (Ed.) 2002. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles. Stevia. The genus Stevia. Taylor & Francis. New York, NY. 211 pp. |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Leaf | not available | 25.0 | 1.54 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SILICON | 4 | Leaf | not available | 132.0 | -0.02 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Leaf | not available | 892.0 | -0.49 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Plant | not available | 310.0 | -0.29 | Kinghorn, A. D. (Ed.) 2002. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles. Stevia. The genus Stevia. Taylor & Francis. New York, NY. 211 pp. |
| SPATHULENOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Kinghorn, A. D. (Ed.) 2002. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles. Stevia. The genus Stevia. Taylor & Francis. New York, NY. 211 pp. |
| STEREBIN-A | 0 | Leaf | not available | 10.0 | not available | Kinghorn, A. D. (Ed.) 2002. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles. Stevia. The genus Stevia. Taylor & Francis. New York, NY. 211 pp. |
| STEREBIN-A | 0 | Plant | 1.0 | 2.5 | not available | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-Inducer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima. |
| Cytoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytotoxic | 3 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93. |
| Decongestant | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Degranulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Deliriant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Demulcent | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Dentifrice | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Deodorant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Depressant | 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. |
| Dermatitigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Digestive | 1 | Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp. |
| Disinfectant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Diuretic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dye | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Ecbolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |