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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 Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
THIAMINE 0 Leaf 0.4 1.8 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL 71 Leaf 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.
TIN 4 Leaf 2.3 11.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTANE 0 Plant not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Leaf not available 790000.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Leaf 0.8 3.7 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
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Insectiphile 1 (View Chemicals list for Insectiphile) J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Insulin-Sparing 1 (View Chemicals list for Insulin-Sparing) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic 3 (View Chemicals list for Insulinogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Interferon-Synergist 1 (View Chemicals list for Interferon-Synergist) Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Interferonogenic) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant 5 (View Chemicals list for Irritant) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Larvicide 1 (View Chemicals list for Larvicide) Berenbaum, M. R., The natives knew, Chemtech, (May), 1990, 275-279.
Laxative 4 (View Chemicals list for Laxative) Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Leptingenic) 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
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Lithogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Lithogenic) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 (View Chemicals list for Litholytic) Duke, 1992 *
Lypolytic 1 (View Chemicals list for Lypolytic) Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
MAO-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for MAO-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Memorigenic) Duke, 1992 *
Molluscicide 1 (View Chemicals list for Molluscicide) Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic 2 (View Chemicals list for Mucogenic) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 (View Chemicals list for Mucolytic) Martindale's 28th
Mycoplasmistat 1 (View Chemicals list for Mycoplasmistat) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Myorelaxant 4 (View Chemicals list for Myorelaxant) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.