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
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antichoreic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoronary	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticystinuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidyskinetic	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiEBV	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antigenotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *