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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Tribulus terrestris (Zygophyllaceae)

Common Names
Puncture-vine
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit *
HARMAN 7 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HARMINE 23 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HECOGENIN 0 Shoot *
IRON 6 Leaf 92.0 -0.69 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KAEMPFEROL 75 Flower *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
KAEMPFEROL-3-BETA-D-(6'P-COUMAROYL)-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 19950.0 28500.0 0.05 *
NEOGITOGENIN 0 Flower *
NEOHECOGENIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Shoot *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 9450.0 13500.0 -0.38 *
OXALATES 0 Leaf 4000.0 -0.95 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 2800.0 4000.0 -0.30 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 800.0 2500.0 -0.45 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 28400.0 -0.09 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 54000.0 -1.57 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN 0 Seed 385000.0 462000.0 2.03 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTODIOSCIN 2 Shoot *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 *
Allelochemic 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 2 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Analgesic 2 *
Androgenic 1 *
Anemiagenic 1 *
Angiogenic 1 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 UNESCO. 1960. Medicinal Plants of the Arid Zones. eds.(botany) I.C. Chopra, B.K. Abrol and K.L. Hands; eds (pharmacology), R. Paris and G. Dillemann UNESCO, Place de Fontenoy, Paris 7E. 96 pp.
Antiacne 1 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition