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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antilepric | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antileukemic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukotriene | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antileukotriene-D4 | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilipoperoxidant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilithic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiLyme | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilymphocytic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antilymphomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimaculitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimalarial | 3 | 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 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antimelanomic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenopausal | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenorrhagic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimorphinic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| AntiMS | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimutagenic | 5 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |