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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Tephrosia purpurea (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Purple Tephrosia, Wild Indigo
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASH 0 Leaf 77000.0 99600.0 -0.34 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Plant 30.0 -0.64 Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 16500.0 -0.13 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 654000.0 748000.0 1.08 *
FAT 0 Leaf 24000.0 27000.0 -0.59 *
FAT 0 Seed 91000.0 -0.92 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 279000.0 280000.0 1.46 *
ISOTEPHROSIN 0 Root *
LUPEOL 21 Plant *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 10300.0 2.38 *
NITROGEN 0 Leaf 72500.0 1.44 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 2600.0 5200.0 0.04 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 33800.0 0.15 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 147000.0 244000.0 0.32 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 358000.0 1.10 *
ROTENOIDS 0 Leaf 6500.0 8000.0 -1.00 *
ROTENOIDS 0 Root 7000.0 9500.0 1.00 *
ROTENOIDS 0 Seed 16000.0 18000.0 1.09 *
ROTENOIDS 0 Stem 4000.0 6500.0 -1.00 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Allelochemic 1 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant 2 (View) *
Antialcoholic 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 2 (View) *
Antiandrogenic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianginal 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antianorectic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianxiety 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiapoplectic 1 (View) *