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Common Names
Purple Tephrosia; Wild Indigo
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antisyndrome-X | 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 |
| Antithrombogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithyroid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitrypanosomic | 1 | Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991. |
| Antitumor | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor-Promoter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcer | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiurethrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivaricose | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 4 | Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991. |
| Anxiolytic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Artemicide | 1 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |
| Beta-Blocker | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bruchicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |