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Plant Thespesia populnea (Malvaceae)

Common Names
Indian tulip tree
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
QUERCETIN 176 Flower not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SAPONINS 5 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STEAIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 3800.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TANNINS 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
THESPESIN 0 Fruit not available 4000.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antispasmodic 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antispermatogenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antistaphylococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitestosterone 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 2 Yasukawa, K., Takido, M., Takeuchi, M., Sato, Y., Nitta, K., and Nakagawa, S. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Flavonol Glycosides on 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(3): 774-776, 1990.
Antiulcer 2 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.