Plant Strychnos nux-vomica (Loganiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Nux-Vomica; Stychnine

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
16-HYDROXY-ALPHA-COLUBRINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
16-HYDROXY-BETA-COLUBRINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHOXYICAJINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-DEOXYLOGANIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Bark	not available	99000.0	0.64	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Root	not available	9900.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Seed	2500.0	50000.0	1.78	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-COLUBRINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	2800.0	3500.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Seed	680.0	850.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-COLUBRINE	0	Fruit	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRUCINE	6	Bark	not available	48000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRUCINE	6	Fruit	300.0	650.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRUCINE	6	Leaf	not available	8000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRUCINE	6	Root	not available	2770.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRUCINE	6	Seed	not available	16000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRUCINE-N-OXIDE	0	Fruit	90.0	160.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
C-MAVACURINE	0	Root Bark	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	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	2	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analeptic	1	Martindale's 28th
Analgesic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadhesive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiapneic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiatherosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	2	Duke, 1992 *