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

Common Names
Pansy; Wild Violet
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
VITEXIN-MONO-C-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
XYLOSE 3 Plant *
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Flower *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antipyretic 2 *
Antiradicular 5 O'Connell, M.J., Webster, N.R. 1989. Hyperoxia and salicylate metabolism in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 205-206, 1990.
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antiretinopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 2 *
Antiseborrheic 1 *
Antisecretory 1 *
Antisenility 1 *
Antiseptic 4 A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antisickling 1 Martindale's 28th
Antispasmodic 4 *
Antisterility 1 *
Antistreptococcic 1 *
Antistroke 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisunburn 2 *
Antisyndrome-X 1 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
Antitartar 1 *
Antithalassemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.