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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Tylophora indica (Asclepiadaceae)

Common Names
Swallowwort; Indian Ipecac
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
TYLOPHORINE 23 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
TYLOPHORINIDINE 0 Plant Mulchandani, N. B., Badheka, L. P., Iyer, S. S. 1971. Structure of Tylophroinidine: A New Potential Antitumor Alkaloid from Tylophora asthmatica Plants. Chem Ind (London) 1971: 505-506.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Amebicide 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiallergic 1 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Werbach & Murray, 1994.
Antiarthritic 1 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antiedemic 1 *
Antifeedant 1 *
Antihistaminic 1 *
Antiinflammatory 1 *
Antileukemic 1 *
Antirhinitic 1 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antispasmodic 1 Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.
Antitumor 1 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Cardiodepressant 1 *
Cardiomyostimulant 1 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
CNS-Depressant 1 *
Dermatitigenic 1 *
Immunocytoadherent 1 *
Immunomodulator 1 *
Immunosuppressant 1 *