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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Cancer-Preventive | 3 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 1 | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |
| Capillariprotective | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Cardioprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Caspase-8-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Catabolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Chemopreventive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Depressant | 1 | Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp. |
| Convulsant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytotoxic | 3 | Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al) |
| Diuretic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ectoparasiticide | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Estrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| FPTase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |