Agave sisalana (Mescal)

Traditional uses

Haiti

  • Cicatrizant
  • Depurative
  • Dysentery
  • Sudorific
  • Syphilis

Venezuela

  • Depurative
  • Leprosy

Elsewhere

  • Detergent

Dominican Republic

  • Sudorific

Chemicals

Plant

  • DIOSGENIN
  • GENTROGENIN
  • GITOGENIN
  • HECOGENIN — 300 to 4100
  • DELTA-9,11-HECOGENIN
  • SARSAPOGENIN
  • SISALAGENIN
  • NEOTIGOGENIN
  • BARBOURGENIN
  • PECTIN
  • YAMOGENIN

Leaf

  • TIGOGENIN — 0 to 6200
  • HAINANGENIN
  • BETA-SITOSTEROL
  • HECONIN
  • HENTRIACONTAN-1-OL
  • HONGGUANGGENIN
  • NEOTIGOGENONE
  • ROCKOGENIN
  • ALPHA-CELLULOSE
  • CHLOROGENIN
  • DELTA-9,10-DEHYDROHECOGENIN
  • 12-EPIROCKOGENIN
  • 5-ALPHA-PREGNAN-3-BETA,20-BETA-DIOL

Activities

  1. Antiinflammatory — 4 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL, CHLOROGENIN, DIOSGENIN, GITOGENIN
  2. Hypocholesterolemic — 3 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL, DIOSGENIN, PECTIN
  3. Pesticide — 3 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL, CHLOROGENIN, PECTIN
  4. Antibacterial — 2 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL, PECTIN
  5. Antimutagenic — 2 compounds; toxic activity; BETA-SITOSTEROL, PECTIN
  6. Antipyretic — 2 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL, SARSAPOGENIN
  7. Cancer-Preventive — 2 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL, PECTIN
  8. Estrogenic — 2 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL, DIOSGENIN
  9. Hepatoprotective — 2 compounds; toxic activity; BETA-SITOSTEROL, DIOSGENIN
  10. Hypoglycemic — 2 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL, PECTIN
  11. Androgenic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  12. Angiogenic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  13. Anorexic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  14. Antiadenomic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  15. Antiandrogenic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  16. Antiatheromic — 1 compounds; PECTIN
  17. Anticancer (Breast) — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  18. Anticancer (Cervix) — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  19. Anticancer (Lung) — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  20. Antidiabetic — 1 compounds; PECTIN
  21. Antidiarrheic — 1 compounds; PECTIN
  22. Antiedemic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  23. Antienteritic — 1 compounds; PECTIN
  24. Antiestrogenic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  25. Antifatigue — 1 compounds; DIOSGENIN
  26. Antifeedant — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  27. Antifertility — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  28. Antigallstone — 1 compounds; PECTIN
  29. Antigastritic — 1 compounds; PECTIN
  30. Antigonadotrophic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  31. Antihyperlipoproteinaemic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  32. Antileukemic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  33. Antilithic — 1 compounds; PECTIN
  34. Antilymphomic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  35. Antimetastatic — 1 compounds; PECTIN
  36. Antiobesity — 1 compounds; PECTIN
  37. Antiophidic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  38. Antioxidant — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  39. Antiprogestational — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  40. Antiprostaglandin — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  41. Antiprostatadenomic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  42. Antiprostatitic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  43. Antipsoriac — 1 compounds; SARSAPOGENIN
  44. Antistress — 1 compounds; DIOSGENIN
  45. Antitumor — 1 compounds; TIGOGENIN
  46. Antitumor (Breast) — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  47. Antitumor (Cervix) — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  48. Antitumor (Colon) — 1 compounds; PECTIN
  49. Antitumor (Lung) — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  50. Antitumor (Prostate) — 1 compounds; PECTIN
  51. Antitussive — 1 compounds; PECTIN
  52. Antiulcer — 1 compounds; PECTIN
  53. Antiviral — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  54. Apoptotic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  55. Artemicide — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  56. Candidicide — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  57. Caspase-8-Inducer — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  58. Chemopreventive — 1 compounds; PECTIN
  59. Demulcent — 1 compounds; PECTIN
  60. Febrifuge — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  61. Fungicide — 1 compounds; PECTIN
  62. Gonadotrophic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  63. Hemostat — 1 compounds; PECTIN
  64. Hypolipidemic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  65. Mastogenic — 1 compounds; DIOSGENIN
  66. Peristaltic — 1 compounds; PECTIN
  67. Piscicide — 1 compounds; CHLOROGENIN
  68. Spermicide — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  69. Ubiquiot — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  70. Ulcerogenic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL

Toxic compounds

  • BETA-SITOSTEROL — Antimutagenic; Leaf; 250 ug/ml
  • BETA-SITOSTEROL — Hepatoprotective; Leaf
  • DIOSGENIN — Hepatoprotective; Plant
  • PECTIN — Antimutagenic; Plant