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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
ROTENONE 13 Root not available 7000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICA 0 Leaf not available 21900.0 0.44 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf not available 8700.0 0.90 Duke, 1992 *
TEPHROSIN 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
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 *