Apocynum androsaemifolium (Bitterroot)

Traditional uses

US

• Ache(Head)
• Kidney
• Laxative
• Poison
• Pregnancy
• Sudorific
• Tonic
• Cardiotonic
• Emetic
• Heart
• Purgative

Elsewhere

• Cathartic
• Diuretic
• Diaphoretic
• Narcotic

Hanf

• Diuretic

Dutch

• Emetic

US(Amerindian)

• Sterility

French

• Poison

Chemicals

Root

• ANDROSIN
• APOCYMARIN
• APOCYNIN
• EPURANOL
• K-STROPHANTHIN
• ACETOVANILLIN
• APOBIOSIDE
• EO — 160

Plant

• ANDROSTEROL
• APOCYNAMARIN
• CAOUTCHOUC
• CYMARIN
• HOMOANDROSTEROL
• APOCYNEIN

Activities

1. Antiallergenic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; ANDROSIN
2. Antiarthritic — 1 compounds; APOCYNIN
3. Antiasthmatic — 1 compounds; ANDROSIN
4. Antiatherosclerotic — 1 compounds; APOCYNIN
5. Antibronchitic — 1 compounds; ANDROSIN
6. Anticarcinomic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; CYMARIN
7. Anticolitic — 1 compounds; APOCYNIN
8. Antiinflammatory — 1 compounds; APOCYNIN
9. Antioxidant — 1 compounds; APOCYNIN
10. Antirheumatic — 1 compounds; APOCYNIN
11. Cardiac — 1 compounds; APOCYNIN
12. Cardiotonic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; CYMARIN
13. Cartilage-Sparing — 1 compounds; APOCYNIN
14. Myocardiotonic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; CYMARIN
15. Myotonic — 1 compounds; CYMARIN
16. Pesticide — 1 compounds; CYMARIN
17. Vasodilator — 1 compounds; CYMARIN

Toxic compounds

• ANDROSIN — Antiallergenic; Root; 10 mg/kg
• CYMARIN — Anticarcinomic; Plant; ED50=3.9 ppb
• CYMARIN — Cardiotonic; Plant
• CYMARIN — Myocardiotonic; Plant