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

Plant Vinca minor (Apocynaceae)

Common Names
Periwinkle, Running-Myrtle
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
(+)-ISO-EBURNAMINE 0 Plant *
(+)-QUEBRACHAMINE 0 Plant *
(-)-1-NORVINCORINE 0 Leaf *
(-)-16-METHOXY-20-OXO-VINCADIFFORMINE 0 Plant *
(-)-EBURNAMENINE 0 Plant *
(-)-EBURNAMINE 0 Plant *
(-)-EBURNAMONINE 0 Leaf *
(-)-MINOVINCINE 0 Shoot *
(-)-VINCADIFFORMINE 0 Plant *
(DL)-EBURNAMONINE 0 Plant *
(DL)-VINCADIFFORMINE 0 Plant *
1,2-DEHYDROASPIDOSPERMIDINE 0 Plant *
10-METHOXY-DEACETYLAKUAMMILINE 0 Plant *
10-METHOXY-VELLOSIMINE 0 Plant *
10-METHOXY-VINCAMIDINE 0 Shoot *
11-12-DIMETHOXY-EBURNAMONINE 0 Plant *
11-METHOXY-EBURNAMONINE 0 Plant *
11-METHOXY-MINOVINCINE 0 Plant *
11-METHOXY-MINOVINCININE 0 Plant *
11-METHOXY-VINCADIFFORMINE 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Adrenolytic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelopathic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 1 (View) *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 2 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiadrenergic 1 (View) *
Antialcoholic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Antiandrogenic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiarrhythmic 2 (View) Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 407.
Antiarthritic 1 (View) Planta Medica, 57: A56, 1991.