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Plant Viola tricolor (Violaceae)

Common Names
Pansy; Wild Violet
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
15-CIS-VIOLAXANTHIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AUROXANTHIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELPHINIDIN-TRIGLYCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant not available 86.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONXANTHIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAULTHERIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOORIENTIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-RHAMNOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM-TARTRATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE 3 Plant not available 95000.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN 34 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYROSINE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTILLIN-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ORIENTIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Choleretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Circulatory-Stimulant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Circulotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Colorant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
COMP-Inhibitor 1 Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Counterirritant 1 Merck 11th Edition
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 Newmark, T. M. and Schulick, P. 2000. Herbal Cox-2 Inhibition - Nature's Challenge to Arthritis, Cancer & Alzheimer's Disease. Hohm Press, Prescott AZ.
Cyclin-B1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclin-D1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 1 Duke, 1992 *
Dentifrice 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Dermatitigenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.