Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Centaurium erythraea (Gentianaceae)

Common Names
Centaury
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Plant *
AMAROGENTIN 6 Plant *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Plant *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CENTAPICRIN 0 Plant *
CEROTIC-ACID 0 Plant *
CERYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant *
CRATAEGOLIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ERYTHRODIOL 0 Plant *
ERYTHROSTEROL 0 Plant *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant *
FLAVONOIDS 0 Plant 4000.0 -0.84 *
GENTIANIDINE 5 Plant *
GENTIANINE 24 Plant *
GENTIOFLAVINE 0 Plant *
GENTIOFLAVONIDE 0 Plant *
GENTIOPICRIN 4 Plant *
GENTIOPICROSIDE 4 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelopathic 4 (View) 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 3 (View) *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 5 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacne 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaggregant 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 2 (View) Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antialopecic 3 (View) *