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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Clastogenic | 1 | Friedman, M. and Dao, L. 1990. Effect of Autoclaving and Conventional and Microwave Baking on the Ergot Alkaloid and Chlorogenic Acid Contents of Morning Glory (Ipomoea tricolor Cav. cv.) Heavenly Blue Seeds. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 805-808. |
| CNS-Active | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| CNS-Stimulant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Collagen-Sparing | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Comedolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Convulsant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cosmetic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Cytotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dermatitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diagnostic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Diuretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dye | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Estrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLavor | 3 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 4 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 2 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |