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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
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
PTK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Yannai, S., Day, A. J., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1998. Characterization of Flavonoids as Monofunctional or Bifunctional Inducers of Quinone Reductase in Murine Hepatoma Cell Lines. Food Chem Toxicol, 36(8): 623-630.
RNA-genic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Rodenticide 1 Verbiscar, A., J. Patel, T. Banigan, and R. Schatz. 1986. Scilliroside and other scilla compounds in red squill. Jour. Agric. Food Chem. 34:977.
Sedative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Styptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Teratologic 1 Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 1 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *