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Common Names
Swallowwort; Indian Ipecac
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYLOPHORINE | 23 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 1 | Werbach & Murray, 1994. |
| Antiarthritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 1 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Antiedemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifeedant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinflammatory | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiomyostimulant | 1 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| CNS-Depressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dermatitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunocytoadherent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |