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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
NIACIN 39 Leaf 21.0 102.0 0.05 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
P-CYMOL 0 Leaf 100.0 200.0 -0.47 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 242.0 1150.0 -0.70 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 1630.0 7760.0 -1.00 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 26670.0 127000.0 -0.85 *
RESIN 0 Branches 65000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
RESIN 0 Leaf 13650.0 65000.0 0.46 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf *
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 0.2 0.7 -0.33 *
SILICON 4 Leaf 0.9 4.1 -0.40 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 12.2 58.0 -0.64 *
STARCH 5 Branches 60000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STARCH 5 Leaf 10500.0 50000.0 0.38 *
SUGARS 0 Leaf 8400.0 40000.0 -1.43 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf 8400.0 40000.0 -0.86 *
TANNINS 0 Leaf 35000.0 -0.76 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TETRAPHYLLIN-B 0 Leaf 2550.0 *
TETRAPHYLLIN-B 0 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.
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 1.8 -1.36 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Nematicide 2 (View) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neuroprotective 1 (View) *
Neurotoxic 2 (View) R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter 1 (View) *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Osteogenic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oxidant 1 (View) *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
P450-Inducer 2 (View) *
Pediculicide 1 (View) *
Perfume 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 4 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 17 (View) *
Phagocytotic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Poultice 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Prooxidant 2 (View) *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 (View) Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.