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
QUERCETIN	176	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUSCOGENIN	8	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.
RUTIN	87	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.
SAPONOSIDE-C	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
STEARIC-ACID	8	Fruit	2800.0	4000.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERRESTROSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIBULOSIDE	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.
TRIBULOSIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	720000.0	791000.0	-0.08	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses

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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.