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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antitumor (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor-Promoter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcer | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| AntiUTI | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 2 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Apertif | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Artemicide | 1 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |
| Autotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 5 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Canicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Carcinogenic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
| Cardiodepressant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardioprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cathartic | 1 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Cerebrotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Chemopreventive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cholagogue | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Choleretic | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Cholinergic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Circulatory-Stimulant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |