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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
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 *
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
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 4 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 1 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.