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Plant Centaurea cyanus (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Cornflower, Bachelor's Button
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ACETIC-ACID 16 Flower not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALUMINUM 5 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-4'-O-(6-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE)-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
APIIN 4 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
APIIN 4 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ARNIDIOL 1 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
C-GLYCOSYL-FLAVONE-7-O-METHYL-VITEXIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CENTAUR-X 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
CENTAUR-X 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CENTAUR-X-1 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CENTAUR-X-3 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CENTAUR-Y 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
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11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 (View Chemicals list for 11B-HSD-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View Chemicals list for 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 (View Chemicals list for Acidulant) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 13 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic 4 (View Chemicals list for Allelochemic) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 4 (View Chemicals list for Allelopathic) Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 5 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic) Martindale's 28th
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 6 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic) Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic) Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 2 (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 2 (View Chemicals list for Anthelmintic) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiADD 1 (View Chemicals list for AntiADD) Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadenomic) Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadenoviral) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenergic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadrenergic) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 4 (View Chemicals list for Antiaflatoxin) Duke, 1992 *