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

Plant Eryngium creticus (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Cretan culantro
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASH 0 Shoot 194700.0 2.13 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Shoot 575200.0 -0.10 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
FAT 0 Shoot 26500.0 -0.38 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
FIBER 15 Shoot 185800.0 0.08 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Shoot 9380.0 -1.17 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
KILOCALORIES 0 Shoot 2745.0 -0.12 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
LEUCINE 2 Shoot 9470.0 -0.47 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
LYSINE 4 Shoot 3980.0 -1.35 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
PROTEIN 0 Shoot 203500.0 -0.06 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
THREONINE 4 Shoot 5045.0 -1.15 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Shoot 3715.0 -0.76 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
VALINE 3 Shoot 11200.0 -0.25 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
WATER 0 Shoot 887000.0 0.20 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Analgesic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Antialkalotic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidementia 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antidiabetic 1 (View) *
Antidyskinetic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiherpetic 1 (View) *
Antihypertensive 2 (View) J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Antiinsomniac 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimanic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimenopausal 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimigraine 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiobesity 1 (View) *
Antioxidant 1 (View) *
Antioxidant? 1 (View) *
Antiparkinsonian 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.