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Common Names
European Squill
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Diuretic | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Dye | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Emetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Floral-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Fungicide | 3 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 1 | Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990. |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 3 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 3 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |