Plant Asarum canadense (Aristolochiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Wild Ginger

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARISTOLOCHIC-ACID	33	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARISTOLONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE	12	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELEMICIN	16	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Rhizome	35000.0	45000.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALTL-ACETATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-EUGENOL	20	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
(-)-Chronotropic	1 (View Chemicals list for (-)-Chronotropic)	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic	1 (View Chemicals list for (-)-Inotropic)	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Abortifacient	1 (View Chemicals list for Abortifacient)	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1 (View Chemicals list for Acaricide)	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for ACE-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for AChE-Inhibitor)	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic	1 (View Chemicals list for Allelochemic)	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	1 (View Chemicals list for Allelopathic)	Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic	2 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anesthetic)	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Angiogenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anorexic)	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anthelmintic)	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antiacetylcholinesterase	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacetylcholinesterase)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacne)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenocarcinoma	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadenocarcinoma)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	2 (View Chemicals list for Antiadenomic)	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant	2 (View Chemicals list for Antiaggregant)	Janssens, J., Laekeman, G.M., Pieters, L.A.C., Totte, J., Herman, A.G., and Vlietinck, A.J. 1990. Nutmeg Oil: Identification and Quantitation of its Most Active Constituents as Inhibitors of Platelet Aggregation. J.of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 179-188, 1990.