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Plant Turnera diffusa (Turneraceae)

Common Names
Damiana
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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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Nematicide 2 (View Chemicals list for Nematicide) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neuroprotective 1 (View Chemicals list for Neuroprotective) Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 2 (View Chemicals list for Neurotoxic) 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 Chemicals list for Neurotransmitter) Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 (View Chemicals list for NF-kB-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 2 (View Chemicals list for Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Osteogenic) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oxidant 1 (View Chemicals list for Oxidant) Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for P450-2B1-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 2 (View Chemicals list for P450-Inducer) Duke, 1992 *
Pediculicide 1 (View Chemicals list for Pediculicide) Duke, 1992 *
Perfume 1 (View Chemicals list for Perfume) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 4 (View Chemicals list for Perfumery) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 17 (View Chemicals list for Pesticide) Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 1 (View Chemicals list for Phagocytotic) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Poultice 1 (View Chemicals list for Poultice) Martindale's 29th
Prooxidant 2 (View Chemicals list for Prooxidant) Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 (View Chemicals list for Prostaglandin-Sparer) 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.