Agave sisalana Health effects and herbal facts
Known as
hemp-plant mescal sisal agave sisal-hemp

Medical use
Economic importance of Agave sisalana
Environmental | ornamental |
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Materials | fiber |
Medicines | folklore |
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Geografical distribution
- AFRICA
Naturalized
- Macaronesia: Cape Verde; Spain - Canary Islands
- Northern Africa: Libya
- Southern Africa: South Africa; Swaziland
- Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar; Mauritius; Reunion
- AUSTRALASIA
Naturalized
- Australia: Australia - Queensland
- EUROPE
Naturalized
- Southwestern Europe: Spain
- PACIFIC
Naturalized
- North-Central Pacific: U.S. Outlying Islands - Midway Islands; United States - Hawaii
- Northwestern Pacific: Palau
- South-Central Pacific: French Polynesia - Society Islands
- Southwestern Pacific: Fiji; Nauru
- SOUTHERN AMERICA
Naturalized
- Caribbean: West Indies
Biological activities
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Chemicals detected
Chemical | Plant part | Low ppm | High ppm |
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12-epirockogenin | Leaf | ||
5-alpha-pregnan-3-beta,20-beta-diol | Leaf | ||
Alpha-cellulose | Leaf | ||
Barbourgenin | Plant | ||
Beta-sitosterol | Leaf | ||
Chlorogenin | Leaf | ||
Delta-9,10-dehydrohecogenin | Leaf | ||
Delta-9,11-hecogenin | Plant | ||
Diosgenin | Plant | ||
Gentrogenin | Plant | ||
Gitogenin | Plant | ||
Hainangenin | Leaf | ||
Hecogenin | Plant | 300 | 4,100 |
Heconin | Leaf | ||
Hentriacontan-1-ol | Leaf | ||
Hongguanggenin | Leaf | ||
Neotigogenin | Plant | ||
Neotigogenone | Leaf | ||
Pectin | Plant | ||
Rockogenin | Leaf | ||
Sarsapogenin | Plant | ||
Sisalagenin | Plant | ||
Tigogenin | Leaf | 0 | 6,200 |
Yamogenin | Plant |
Reference: Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. [Online Database]