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

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 *
HARMAN 7 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HARMINE 23 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HECOGENIN 0 Shoot *
IRON 6 Leaf 92.0 -0.69 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KAEMPFEROL 75 Flower *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE 0 Leaf 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 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 *
NEOGITOGENIN 0 Flower *
NEOHECOGENIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Shoot *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 9450.0 13500.0 -0.38 *
OXALATES 0 Leaf 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 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 800.0 2500.0 -0.45 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 28400.0 -0.09 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 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 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiradicular 4 Planta Medica, 56(6): 695, 1990.
AntiRaynaud's 1 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinotic 1 *
Antirheumatic 2 *
Antirhinitic 1 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiseptic 4 Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin 1 *
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antispasmodic 6 =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
Antistaphylococcic 1 *
Antistreptococcic 1 *
Antistress 3 *
Antistroke 1 *
Antisunburn 1 *
Antisyndrome-X 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 *
Antithrombogenic 1 *