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
Antimutagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant	1	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiplasmodial	3	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.
Antipolio	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiprostatitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiradicular	1	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antirheumatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitumor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *