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Common Names
Puncture-vine
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-D-SPIROSTA-3,5-DIENE | 0 | 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. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | not available | 420.0 | -0.40 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 46000.0 | 167000.0 | 0.85 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASTRAGALIN | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | not available | 33500.0 | 1.03 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 146000.0 | 686000.0 | 0.59 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CHLOROGENIN | 3 | 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. |
| CRACILLIN | 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. |
| DAUCOSTEROL | 5 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DESOXYDIOSGENIN | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIOSGENIN | 7 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIOSGIN | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 35000.0 | 50000.0 | -0.26 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | not available | 5000.0 | -1.03 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 292000.0 | 378000.0 | 0.59 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 64000.0 | 278000.0 | 1.44 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| GITOGENIN | 1 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Teratologic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 3 | Funayama, Y., Nishio, K., Kabayashi, K., Nagao, M., Shimoi, K., Ohira, T., Hasegawa, S., Saijo, N. 1996. Effects of Beta- and Gamma-carboline Derivatives on DNA Topoisomerase Activities. Mutat Research, 249: 183-191. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 3 | Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225. |
| Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tumorigenic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uricosuric | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterotrophic | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Vasoconstrictor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasopressor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VEGF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vulnerary | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772. |