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Plant Wormia triquetra (Dilleniaceae)

How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Bark not available 16000.0 1.46 Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Flower not available 4500.0 1.39 Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Fruit not available 10000.0 0.99 Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Wood not available 1500.0 0.35 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticarcinomic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiedemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 1 Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095.
Antiinflammatory 1 Recio, M., et al. 1994. Investigations on the Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Triterpenoids from Diospyros leucomelas*. Planta Medica, 61: 9.
Antileukemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 1 New York Times, 3/28/95.
Antinociceptive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 1 Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Dunstan, C. A., Liu, B., Welch, C. J., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Alphitol, a Phenolic Substance from Alphitonia zizyphoides which Inhibits Prostaglandin Biosynthesis in vitro. Phytochemistry, 48(3): 495-497.