Plant Viola odorata (Violaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Common Violet; Sweet Violet

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
2,6-NONADIEN-1-AL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,6-NONADIEN-1-AL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,6-NONADIEN-1-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,6-NONADIEN-1-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-FRIEDELANOL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALDEHYDE	0	Flower	30000.0	50000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-IONONE	5	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-IRONE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IRONE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-NITROPROPIONIC-ACID	2	Root	10.0	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	330.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
CYANIN	5	Flower	not available	53000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-DIHYDRO-ALPHA-IONONE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-DIHYDRO-BETA-IONONE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIETHYL-PHTHALATE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ENANTHIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Essential Oil	900.0	1200.0	-1.34	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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	4	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	1	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	7	Martindale's 29th
Analgesic	6	Merck 11th Edition
Anaphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	3	Martindale's 28th
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadrenergic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	5	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.