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Plant Urginea indica (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Indian Squill; Sea-Onion
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GLUCOSE 7 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCOSIDES 0 Tuber not available 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MANNOSE 3 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE 3 Tuber not available 510000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROSCILLAREDIN 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCILLARENIN 5 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCILLARENIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCILLARENIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCILLARENS 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCILLIGLAUCOSIDE 1 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCILLIGLAUCOSIDE-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCILLIPHASOSIDIN 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCILLIPHASOSIDIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE 3 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypocholesterolemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Pesticide 1 Duke, 1992 *