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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Litholytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mutagenic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Myoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Oviposition-Stimulant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pediculicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Pesticide | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Piscicide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Dunstan, C. A., Liu, B., Welch, C. J., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Alphitol, a Phenolic Substance from Alphitonia zizyphoides which Inhibits Prostaglandin Biosynthesis in vitro. Phytochemistry, 48(3): 495-497. |
| Protisticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pulicide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Radioprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Scabicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Sunscreen | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TOPO-2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |