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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Zanthoxylum clava-herculis (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Pepperbark; Southern Prickly Ash; Hercules'-Club; West Indian Yellowwood
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
(+)-LAURIFOLINE 0 Root Bark *
(-)-ASARININ 0 Bark *
(-)-PLUVIATILOL-GAMMA-GAMMA-DIMETHYL-ALLYL-ETHER 0 Bark *
(-)-SESAMIN 0 Bark *
6-O-METHYLTYRAMINE-N-METHYL-CINNAMIDE 0 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ASARININ 6 Bark *
BERBERINE 130 Bark *
BERBERINE 130 Plant *
CANDICINE 4 Bark Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CANDICINE 4 Root Bark *
CHELERYTHRINE 33 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CINNAMAMIDE 0 Bark Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
EO 0 Plant 33000.0 1.77 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
HERCLAVIN 0 Bark *
HERCLAVINE 0 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HERCULIN 2 Bark Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ISOBUTYL-AMIDE 0 Bark *
LAURIFOLINE 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
MAGNOFLORINE 11 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
MAGNOFLORINE 11 Root Bark *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Pesticide 8 *
Phototoxic 1 *
Piscicide 4 *
Plasmodicide 1 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Huang, C. G., Chu, Z. L., Yang, Z. M. 1991. Effect of Berberine on Synthesis of Platelet TXA2 and Plasma PGI2 in Rabbits. Chung-Kuo Yao Li Hsueh Pao, 12(6): 526-528.
Protisticide 1 *
Respiradepressant 1 Martindale's 28th
Respirainhibitor 1 *
Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor 1 *
RNA-Depressant 1 *
RT-Inhibitor 1 *
Sedative 1 *
Sialogogue 1 *
Stomachic 1 *
Tetanic 1 *
Tocopherol-Synergist 1 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 Kobayashi, Y, Yamashita, Y., Fujii, N., Takaboshi, K., Kawakami, T., Kawamura, M., Mizukami, T., Nakano, H. 1995. Inhibitors of DNA Topoisomerase I and II Isolated From the Coptis Rhizomes. Planta Medica, 61: 414-418.
Toxic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th