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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
Myoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
P21-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Perfumery 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 8 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *