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Plant Tephrosia virginiana (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Devil's Shoestring
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
DEGUELIN 6 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROROTENONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ROTENONE 13 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TEPHROSIN 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Acaricide 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antifeedant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bruchicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bruchidoside 1 Duke, 1992 *
Convulsant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Ectoparasiticide 1 Merck 11th Edition
Insecticide 2 Merck 11th Edition
Irritant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Larvicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Pediculicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Pesticide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Piscicide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Pulicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Scabicide 1 Duke, 1992 *