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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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 *
CHELIDONIC-ACID 2 Bulb *
CYANIDIN-3-CAFFEOYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Bulb *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Bulb *
DIHYDROQUERCETIN 3 Bulb *
DIHYDROQUERCETIN-4'-MONOGLUCOSIDE 0 Bulb *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Bulb *
GLUCOSCILLAREN-A 0 Bulb 500.0 *
GLUCOSCILLIPHAEOSIDE 0 Bulb *
GLUCOSINISTRIN 0 Bulb *
ISORHAMNETIN 11 Bulb *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Bulb *
KAEMPFEROL-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Bulb *
KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE 1 Bulb *
KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE-3-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Bulb *
KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Bulb *
KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Bulb *
KAEMPFEROL-7-RHAMNOSIDE-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Bulb *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Bulb *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Bulb *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Colon) 1 *
Antitumor (Lung) 2 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 *
Antitumor (Skin) 1 *
Antitumor-Promoter 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcer 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral 7 Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Antiwart 1 Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Apoptotic 3 *
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Astringent 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 2 Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchodilator 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 8 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 3 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition