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Plant Urginea maritima (Liliaceae)

Common Names
European Squill
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
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHELIDONIC-ACID 2 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-CAFFEOYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROQUERCETIN 3 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROQUERCETIN-4'-MONOGLUCOSIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSCILLAREN-A 0 Bulb not available 500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSCILLIPHAEOSIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSINISTRIN 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN 11 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE 1 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE-3-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-7-RHAMNOSIDE-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antianaphylactic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 2 Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 7 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Antibronchitic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticataract 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 2 Duke, 1992 *