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

Plant Viola tricolor (Violaceae)

Common Names
Pansy, Wild Violet
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
15-CIS-VIOLAXANTHIN 0 Flower *
ARABINOSE 0 Plant *
AUROXANTHIN 0 Flower *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Plant *
DELPHINIDIN-TRIGLYCOSIDE 0 Plant *
EO 0 Plant 86.0 -0.73 *
FLAVONXANTHIN 0 Flower *
GALACTOSE 1 Plant *
GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Plant *
GAULTHERIN 2 Plant *
ISOORIENTIN 4 Plant *
L-RHAMNOSE 0 Plant *
MAGNESIUM-TARTRATE 0 Plant *
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Plant *
MUCILAGE 3 Plant 95000.0 -0.52 *
MYRICETIN 34 Flower *
MYROSINE 0 Flower *
MYRTILLIN-A 0 Plant *
ORIENTIN 4 Plant *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Allelochemic 3 (View) 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 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 3 (View) Martindale's 28th
Analgesic 4 (View) *
Anaphrodisiac 1 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antiaggregant 3 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 333.
Antiaging 2 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiallergenic 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 2 (View) Jim Duke's personal files.
Antialzheimeran 2 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antianaphylactic 1 (View) Meli, R., Autore, G., Di Carlo, G., Capasso, F. Inhibitory Action of Quercetin on Intestinal Transit in Mice. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 201, 1990.