Common Names
Chirata; Chiretta
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
SWERCHIRIN | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
SWERTIANIN | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
SWERTININ | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
TANNIN | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Antioxalate | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antioxidant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiperoxidant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiprostaglandin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antipsychotic | 1 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
Antiradicular | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
Antirheumatic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antishigellic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antispasmodic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
Antistaphylococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antistreptococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antitubercular | 2 | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
Antitumor | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Antitumor-Promoter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiulcer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiurethrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Antiviral | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Ataractic | 1 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
Cancer-Preventive | 2 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |