Plant Tephrosia purpurea (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Purple Tephrosia; Wild Indigo

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
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 *

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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
Antiplasmodial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplatelet	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipurpuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiradicular	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiRaynaud's	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antirheumatic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmophilic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistress	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antistroke	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antisunburn	1	Duke, 1992 *