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

Plant Ledum palustre (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Marsh Tea, Wild Rosemary
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
5-HYDROXY-7,4'-DIMETHOXY-6-METHYLFLAVONE 0 Plant *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Leaf *
ARBUTIN 15 Leaf *
CATECHIN-TANNINS 0 Leaf 80000.0 170000.0 1.00 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant *
EO 0 Leaf 3000.0 25000.0 1.18 *
ERICINOL 0 Leaf *
ERICOLIN 3 Leaf *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Leaf *
LEDITANNIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
LEDOL 0 Leaf *
LEPALENE 0 Plant *
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant *
MYRCENE 22 Leaf *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Plant *
PALUSTROL 0 Leaf *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf *
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidifier 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Allelochemic 2 (View) 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.
Allergenic 3 (View) *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 3 (View) Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antiaggregant 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 333.
Antiaging 2 (View) *
Antiallergic 1 (View) Jim Duke's personal files.
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) *
Antianaphylactic 1 (View) Meli, R., Autore, G., Di Carlo, G., Capasso, F. Inhibitory Action of Quercetin on Intestinal Transit in Mice. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 201, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antiaphthic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th