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Plant Tephrosia purpurea (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Purple Tephrosia; Wild Indigo
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ASH 0 Leaf 77000.0 99600.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Plant not available 30.0 -0.64 Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM 28 Leaf not available 16500.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 654000.0 748000.0 1.08 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 24000.0 27000.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 91000.0 -0.92 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 279000.0 280000.0 1.46 Duke, 1992 *
ISOTEPHROSIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL 21 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf not available 10300.0 2.38 Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN 0 Leaf not available 72500.0 1.44 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 2600.0 5200.0 0.04 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf not available 33800.0 0.15 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 147000.0 244000.0 0.32 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 358000.0 1.10 Duke, 1992 *
ROTENOIDS 0 Leaf 6500.0 8000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ROTENOIDS 0 Root 7000.0 9500.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ROTENOIDS 0 Seed 16000.0 18000.0 1.09 Duke, 1992 *
ROTENOIDS 0 Stem 4000.0 6500.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimelanomic 2 New York Times, 3/28/95.
Antimenopausal 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinociceptive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiosteoporotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxalate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque 1 Duke, 1992 *