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Plant Xylopia aethiopica (Annonaceae)

Common Names
Ethiopian Pepper; Guinea Pepper; Negro Pepper; Spice Tree; Mohrenpfeffer (Ger.); Maniguete (Sp.); Pimienta de Guinea (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
ROEMERINE 0 Leaf not available 4.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STEPANININE 0 Leaf not available 1.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
XYLOPIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 13000.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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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
Antiimplantation 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiketotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antileishmanic 1 Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
Antimalarial 1 Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimelanomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antinarcotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive 2 Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
Antioxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 1 Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
Antiplatelet 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 1 Duke, 1992 *