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
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	5040.0	6300.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDO-ALPHA-COLUBRINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOBRUCINE	0	Fruit	30.0	80.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOSTRYCHNINE	0	Fruit	20.0	30.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SECOLOGANIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	2640.0	3300.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STRUXINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STRYCHNICINE	0	Leaf	not available	250.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STRYCHNINE	14	Bark	not available	15800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STRYCHNINE	14	Leaf	not available	8000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STRYCHNINE	14	Root	not available	7030.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STRYCHNINE	14	Seed	400.0	12000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STRYCHNINE-N-6-OXIDE	0	Fruit	20.0	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VOMICINE	2	Fruit	130.0	910.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	Seed	not available	not available	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 *