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

Common Names

Puncture-vine

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HARMAN	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HARMINE	23	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HECOGENIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	not available	92.0	-0.69	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KAEMPFEROL	75	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	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	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.
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Fruit	19950.0	28500.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
NEOGITOGENIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOHECOGENIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	9450.0	13500.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
OXALATES	0	Leaf	not available	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	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	800.0	2500.0	-0.45	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	not available	28400.0	-0.09	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antithyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitrypanosomic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	3	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	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	7	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	4	Merck 11th Edition
Aphrodisiac	1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Apoptotic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.