Commelina communis (Common dayflower)

Traditional uses

China

• Abscess
• Alexiteric
• Ascites
• Bite(Bug)
• Bite(Snake)
• Boil
• Conjunctivitis
• Diarrhea
• Dysuria
• Fever
• Laryngitis
• Malaria
• Mumps
• Cold
• Diuretic
• Gonorrhea
• Hemorrhage

Elsewhere

• Bactericide

Japan

• Depurative
• Heart
• Swelling
• Throat
• Diarrhea

Chemicals

Flower

• AWOBANOL
• P-COUMARIC-ACID
• FLAVOCOMMELIN
• GENKWANIN-4'-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE-6-C-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
• METALLIONEN

Plant

• COMMELININ
• MUCILAGE
• MALONYLAWOBANIN

Leaf

• DELPHIN
• DELPHINIDIN-DIGLUCOSIDE

Activities

1. Cancer-Preventive — 2 compounds; MUCILAGE, P-COUMARIC-ACID
2. Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
3. Allelopathic — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
4. Antibacterial — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
5. Anticlastogen — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
6. Antifertility — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
7. Antihepatotoxic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; P-COUMARIC-ACID
8. Antileukemic — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
9. Antinitrosaminic — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
10. Antioxidant — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
11. Antiperoxidant — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
12. Antiseptic — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
13. Antispasmodic — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
14. Antitumor — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
15. Chemopreventive — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
16. Choleretic — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
17. Cytotoxic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; P-COUMARIC-ACID
18. Demulcent — 1 compounds; MUCILAGE
19. Diaphoretic? — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
20. Fungicide — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
21. Hypocholesterolemic — 1 compounds; MUCILAGE
22. Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
23. Pesticide — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
24. Prostaglandigenic — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
25. Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID
26. Tyrosinase-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; P-COUMARIC-ACID

Toxic compounds

• P-COUMARIC-ACID — Antihepatotoxic; Flower
• P-COUMARIC-ACID — Cytotoxic; Flower