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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
THIAMINE 0 Leaf 0.4 1.8 -0.83 *
THYMOL 71 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TIN 4 Leaf 2.3 11.0 -0.55 *
TRIACONTANE 0 Plant Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
TRICOSAN-2-ONE 0 Plant *
WATER 0 Leaf 790000.0 -0.09 *
ZINC 77 Leaf 0.8 3.7 -0.50 *
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List of plant activities.
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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) *