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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
NIACIN 39 Leaf 21.0 102.0 0.05 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf not available not available not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 1630.0 7760.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 26670.0 127000.0 -0.85 Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Branches not available 65000.0 not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 0.2 0.7 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Leaf 0.9 4.1 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 12.2 58.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Branches not available 60000.0 not available 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 Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Leaf 8400.0 40000.0 -1.43 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf 8400.0 40000.0 -0.86 Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS 0 Leaf not available 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 not available 2550.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRAPHYLLIN-B 0 Plant not available not available not available 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 not available 1.8 -1.36 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
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Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic 1 (View Chemicals list for Psychotropic) Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Pyrogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Pyrogenic) Daroca, P., Rodriguez, J., Reano, M., Canto, G., Miranda, P. 1996. Fever From Caffeine. Allergy, 51(3): 189-191.
Respirastimulant 1 (View Chemicals list for Respirastimulant) Duke, 1992 *
Rubefacient 1 (View Chemicals list for Rubefacient) Martindale's 29th
Secretogogue 1 (View Chemicals list for Secretogogue) Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 5 (View Chemicals list for Sedative) Duke, 1992 *
Serotoninergic 1 (View Chemicals list for Serotoninergic) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Spasmogenic 4 (View Chemicals list for Spasmogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide 1 (View Chemicals list for Spermicide) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Spermigenic) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sprout-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Sprout-Inhibitor) Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Stimulant 1 (View Chemicals list for Stimulant) 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.
Surfactant 1 (View Chemicals list for Surfactant) Duke, 1992 *
Tachycardic 1 (View Chemicals list for Tachycardic) Duke, 1992 *
Taenicide 1 (View Chemicals list for Taenicide) Martindale's 28th
Teratogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Teratogenic) Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 (View Chemicals list for Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer) Duke, 1992 *
Testosterone-Inducer 1 (View Chemicals list for Testosterone-Inducer) Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Testosteronigenic) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.