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Plant Telosma cordata (Asclepiadaceae)

Common Names
Merrill flowers
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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
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Flower not available 47.0 -0.60 K. Furukawa, T. Arai, S. Hashimoto, (1993); Volatile components of Telosma cordata Merrill flowers, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol 8, 221-223.
TRANS-LINALOL-OXIDE (FURANOID) 0 Flower not available 78.0 not available K. Furukawa, T. Arai, S. Hashimoto, (1993); Volatile components of Telosma cordata Merrill flowers, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol 8, 221-223.
TRANS-THEASPIRANE 0 Flower not available 102.0 not available K. Furukawa, T. Arai, S. Hashimoto, (1993); Volatile components of Telosma cordata Merrill flowers, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol 8, 221-223.
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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
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Acaricide 2 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Addictive 1 Science News, 145: 294.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anhydrotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Anthelmintic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 2 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antiasthmatic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 1 Duke, 1992 *