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Common Names
Nux-Vomica; Stychnine
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CONDYLOCARPINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYCLOARTENOL | 7 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIABOLINE | 5 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 40000.0 | 50000.0 | -1.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GEISSOSCHIZINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDROXYSTRYCHNINE | 0 | Fruit | 7.0 | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ICAJINE | 2 | Fruit | 20.0 | 60.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOSTRYCHNINE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 360.0 | 4600.0 | -0.88 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LOGANIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LOGANIN | 4 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANNOSE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 360.0 | 450.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-METHYL-SEC-PSEUDO-BETA-COLUBRINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 7.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NOR-MACUSINE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NOVACINE | 0 | Fruit | 180.0 | 200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 2480.0 | 31000.0 | -0.72 | 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 * |