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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Veratrum viride (Liliaceae)

Common Names
American Hellebore, Indian Poke
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
1-ALPHA-HYDROXY-ALPHA-METHYLBUTYRIC-ACID 0 Rhizome *
1-ALPHA-METHYLBUTYRIC-ACID 0 Rhizome *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Rhizome *
CEVADINE 3 Root *
CEVAGENINE 0 Plant *
DEACETYLNEOPROTOVERATRINE 0 Root *
DEACETYLPROTOVERATRINE 0 Rhizome *
EPSILON-JERVINE 0 Root *
GERMBUDINE 1 Root *
GERMERINE 0 Root *
GERMIBUDINE 0 Root *
GERMIDINE 1 Root *
GERMINE 3 Root *
GERMITRINE 1 Root *
ISOGERMIDINE 1 Root *
ISORUBIJERVINE 0 Rhizome *
JERVINE 2 Plant *
NEOGERMBUDINE 0 Root *
NEOGERMIDINE 0 Rhizome *
NEOGERMITRINE 1 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acidulant 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Analgesic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antibacterial 1 (View) *
Antihypertensive 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiotitic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antisalmonella 1 (View) *
Antivaginitic 1 (View) *
Arrhythmigenic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cardiactive 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 1 (View) *
Emetic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Expectorant 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Fungicide 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
Hypotensive 6 (View) *
Insecticide 2 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Irritant 1 (View) *
Keratitigenic 1 (View) *
Mucoirritant 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Mucolytic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Osteolytic 1 (View) *