botanical record · discovered
European Squill
Urginea maritima
European Squill · red squill
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Syria, Egypt, Spain, Turkey, France, Sicily, ", Iraq
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Cancer, Cardiac, Cardiotonic, Catarrh
Science studied: CYANIDIN-3-CAFFEOYL-GLUCOSIDE, CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE, GALLIC-ACID, GLUCOSCILLIPHAEOSIDE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Liliaceae
Scientific name: Urginea maritima
Common names: European Squill, red squill
History
The source record documents this plant in Syria, Egypt, Spain, Turkey, France, Sicily, ", Iraq and 3 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Cancer
- Cardiac
- Cardiotonic
- Catarrh
- Cathartic
- Diuretic
- Dropsy
- Ecbolic
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- Emetic
- Emmenagogue
- Expectorant
- Gout
- Insecticide
- Poison
- Raticide
- Rheumatism
- Rubefacient
- Stimulant
- Suppurative
- Tumor
- Repellant(Insect)
- Preventitive
- Restorative
- Vesicant
- Bronchitis
- Edema
- Pneumonia
- Vermifuge
- Wound
- Wart
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Syria
- Egypt
- Spain
- Turkey
- France
- Sicily
- "
- Iraq
- India
- NO
- PT
Documented cultural uses
- Cancer
- Cardiac
- Cardiotonic
- Catarrh
- Cathartic
- Diuretic
- Dropsy
- Ecbolic
- Emetic
- Emmenagogue
- Expectorant
- Gout
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- Insecticide
- Poison
- Raticide
- Rheumatism
- Rubefacient
- Stimulant
- Suppurative
- Tumor
- Repellant(Insect)
- Preventitive
- Restorative
- Vesicant
- Bronchitis
- Edema
- Pneumonia
- Vermifuge
- Wound
- Wart
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- CYANIDIN-3-CAFFEOYL-GLUCOSIDE
- CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE
- GALLIC-ACID
- GLUCOSCILLIPHAEOSIDE
- GLUCOSINISTRIN
- ISORHAMNETIN
- KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-7-RHAMNOSIDE-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE
- LEUCOCYANIDIN
- PELARGONIDIN-MONOGLUCOSIDE
- PROSCILLARIDIN-A
- QUERCETIN
- QUERCITRIN
- SCILLAREN-A
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- SCILLARENIN-A
- SCILLARENIN-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- SCILLAZUROSIDE
- SCILLICYANOSIDE
- SCILLIGLAUCOSIDE
- SCILLIKRYPTOSIDE
- SCILLIPHAEOSIDE
- SCILLIPICRIN
- SCILLIROSIDINE
- SCILLIRUBROSIDE
- SINISTRIN
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- TAXIFOLIN
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- DIHYDROQUERCETIN
- KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE-3-DIGLUCOSIDE
- SCILLITOXIN
- STIGMASTEROL
- CHELIDONIC-ACID
- DIHYDROQUERCETIN-4'-MONOGLUCOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-7-GLUCOSIDE-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- QUERCETIN-3-MONOGLUCOSIDE
- SCILLARIDIN-A
- SCILLICOELOSIDE
- SCILLIN
- SCILLIROSIDE
- SCILLIRUBROSIDINE
- GLUCOSCILLAREN-A
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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