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

Plant Turnera diffusa (Turneraceae)

Common Names
Damiana
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
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 550.0 1100.0 -0.39 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
5-HYDROXY-7,3',4-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Leaf Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ALBUMINOIDS 0 Leaf 150000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 50.0 100.0 -0.22 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALUMINUM 5 Leaf 127.0 605.0 -0.13 *
ARBUTIN 15 Leaf 1500.0 7000.0 -0.67 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 206.0 983.0 -0.35 *
ASH 0 Leaf 18900.0 90000.0 -0.51 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 15.0 71.0 -0.83 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 50.0 100.0 -0.28 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Shoot 33.0 -0.95 *
CAFFEINE 62 Leaf *
CAFFEINE 62 Shoot *
CALAMENENE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 3801.0 18100.0 -0.02 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 154980.0 738000.0 1.00 *
CHLOROPHYLL 21 Leaf 80000.0 1.70 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 0.7 3.1 -0.38 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Coleoptophile 1 (View) *
Collagenic 2 (View) *
Colorant 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Convulsant 1 (View) *
Copper-Antagonist 1 (View) 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
Coronary-Dilator 1 (View) McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Counterirritant 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Culicide 1 (View) *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 2 (View) *
Decongestant 1 (View) *
Degranulant 1 (View) *
Dentifrice 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
Deodorant 3 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Depressant 1 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic 1 (View) *
Detoxicant 1 (View) *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 (View) *