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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant 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
25-D-SPIROSTA-3,5-DIENE 0 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 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 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Plant *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Flower *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 33500.0 1.03 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAMPESTEROL 2 Flower *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 146000.0 686000.0 0.59 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CHLOROGENIN 3 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CRACILLIN 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Shoot *
DESOXYDIOSGENIN 0 Shoot *
DIOSGENIN 7 Shoot *
DIOSGIN 0 Shoot *
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 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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antilepric 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic 5 (View) *
Antileukotriene 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antileukotriene-D4 2 (View) *
Antilipoperoxidant 1 (View) *
Antilithic 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme 1 (View) *
Antilymphocytic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 1 (View) *
Antimaculitic 1 (View) *
Antimalarial 3 (View) 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.
Antimeasles 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic 2 (View) *
Antimenopausal 2 (View) *
Antimenorrhagic 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 2 (View) *
Antimigraine 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antimorphinic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 5 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.