Hamelia patens (Scarlet Bush)

Traditional uses

Elsewhere

  • Cancer
  • Dysentery
  • Erysipelas
  • Malaria
  • Poison

Panama(Choco)

  • Diarrhea
  • Purgative
  • Fever

Venezuela

  • Jaundice
  • Ache(Head)

Mexico

  • Sore
  • Skin

Chemicals

Plant

  • ISOMARUQUINE
  • MARUQUINE
  • PALMIRINE
  • PTEROPODINE
  • SENECIOPHYLLINE
  • STIGMAST-4-ENE-3,6-DIONE
  • ISOPTEROPODINE
  • RUMBERINE

Bark

  • TANNIN — 150000

Activities

  1. Antitumor — 2 compounds; PTEROPODINE, TANNIN
  2. Phagocytotic — 2 compounds; ISOPTEROPODINE, PTEROPODINE
  3. Anthelmintic — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  4. Antibacterial — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  5. Anticancer — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  6. Anticariogenic — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  7. Antidiarrheic — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  8. Antidysenteric — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  9. Antihepatotoxic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; TANNIN
  10. AntiHIV — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  11. Antihypertensive — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  12. Antileukemic — 1 compounds; ISOPTEROPODINE
  13. Antilipolytic — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  14. Antimutagenic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; TANNIN
  15. Antinephritic — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  16. Antiophidic — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  17. Antioxidant — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  18. Antiradicular — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  19. Antirenitic — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  20. Antitumor-Promoter — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  21. Antiulcer — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  22. Antiviral — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  23. Cancer-Preventive — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  24. Carcinogenic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; TANNIN
  25. Chelator — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  26. Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  27. Cytotoxic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; PTEROPODINE
  28. Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  29. Hepatoprotective — 1 compounds; toxic activity; TANNIN
  30. Immunostimulant — 1 compounds; ISOPTEROPODINE
  31. Immunosuppressant — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  32. Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  33. MAO-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  34. Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  35. Pesticide — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  36. Psychotropic — 1 compounds; TANNIN
  37. Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor — 1 compounds; TANNIN

Toxic compounds

  • PTEROPODINE — Cytotoxic; Plant
  • TANNIN — Antihepatotoxic; Bark
  • TANNIN — Antimutagenic; Bark
  • TANNIN — Carcinogenic; Bark
  • TANNIN — Hepatoprotective; Bark