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
EO	0	Flower	300.0	1700.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Root	not available	380.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Flower	147.0	357.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRIEDELIN	2	Leaf	not available	160.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAULTHERIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTENOL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBORNEOL	7	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-ZINGIBERENE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE	21	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYROSIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-2-OCTEN-1-OL(?)	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTENOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTYL-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXANOL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXANOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXENOL(?)	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	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
Antipodriac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipurpuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	7	Martindale's 29th
Antiserotonin	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.