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

Common Names

Pansy; Wild 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
PAEONIDIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Flower	100000.0	230000.0	2.83	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONARETIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONARINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPARINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROL	93	Flower	not available	302.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VICENIN-2	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLA-EMETINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLANINE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLANTHIN	0	Flower	not available	700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAQUERCITRIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Flower	500.0	700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLEOXANTHIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLIN	1	Plant	not available	30.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLUTOSIDE	0	Plant	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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	3	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	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic	3	Martindale's 28th
Analgesic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anaphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 333.
Antiaging	2	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	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antialzheimeran	2	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	Meli, R., Autore, G., Di Carlo, G., Capasso, F. Inhibitory Action of Quercetin on Intestinal Transit in Mice. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 201, 1990.