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Dr Duke's list of Chemicals and their Biological Activities in: Rivea corymbosa HALL. f. (Convolvulaceae) -- Snakeplant
Identifier
018381
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
There is a lot of healing potential in this plant, lost somewhat because of its hallucinogenic activity, principally provided by Tryptophan
A description of the experience
Chemicals and their Biological Activities in: Rivea corymbosa HALL. f. (Convolvulaceae) -- Snakeplant
Chemicals
1,7-DIMETHYLPHENANTHRENE Seed: DUKE1992A
No activity reported.
ALKALOIDS Seed 560 ppm; DUKE1992A
No activity reported.
CHANOCLAVINE Seed 40 ppm; DUKE1992A
No activity reported.
ELYMOICLAVINE Seed 15 ppm; DUKE1992A
No activity reported.
ERGINE Seed 100 ppm; DUKE1992A
No activity reported.
ERGOMETRINE Seed 20 ppm; DUKE1992A
Abortifacient DUKE1992B ; Antiimplantation JBH ; Hemostat CRC ; Lactafuge JBH ; Oxytocic JBH ; Prolactin-Inhibitor JBH ; Uterotonic CRC
ERGOMETRININE Seed 20 ppm; DUKE1992A
No activity reported.
ISOERGINE Seed 190 ppm; DUKE1992A
Hallucinogen 2 mg/man/day/orl CRC
LYSERGOL Seed: DUKE1992A
No activity reported.
PENNICLAVINE Seed: DUKE1992A
No activity reported.
PHENANTHRENE Seed: DUKE1992A
No activity reported.
TRYPTOPHAN Seed: DUKE1992A
Analgesic 750 mg/4x/day/orl/man M29 ; Antianxiety 500-1,000 mg/meal WER ; Antidementia 3 g/day WER ; Antidepressant 1-3 g/3x/day/orl/man M29 ; Antidyskinetic 2-8 g/orl/wmn/day M29 ; Antihypertensive JAF36:1079 ; Antiinsomniac 1-3 g/day WER ; Antimanic 12 g/man/day/orl PAM ; Antimenopausal 6 g/day WER ; Antimigraine 500 mg/man/4x/day M29 ; Antioxidant 125 ug/ml; Antiparkinsonian 2 g 3 x/day WER ; Antiphenylketonuric M29 ; Antiprostaglandin 250 pg/ml X12120812 ; Antipsychotic 12 g/man/day M29 ; Antirheumatic M29 ; Antiscoliotic ACS791:267 ; Carcinogenic CRC ; Essential JBH ; Hypnotic M29 ; Hypoglycemic EMP6:157 ; Hypotensive 3 g/day WER ; Insulinase-Inhibitor EMP6:157 ; Insulinotonic JAF36:1079 ; Monoamine-Precursor PAM ; Prolactinogenic PAM ; Sedative 3-10 g/man/day; Serotoninergic 6-12 g/day/orl/man MAR ; Tumor-Promoter JAF36:1079
TUBICORYNE Plant: DUKE1992A
No activity reported.
The source of the experience
Dr Dukes plant databaseConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
Symbols
Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Commonsteps
References
ACS791:267: Jim Duke's personal files
CRC: CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DUKE1992A: Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.
DUKE1992B: Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of biologically active phytochemicals and their activities. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.
EMP6:157: Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
JAF36:1079: J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
JBH: Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
M29: Martindale's 29th
MAR: Martindale's 28th
PAM: Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
WER: Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
X12120812: Jim Duke's personal files
ppm = parts per million
tr = trace