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

Plant Opopanax chironium (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Hercules All Heal, Opopanax
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
2,3-DIHYDROOENANTHETOLACETATE 0 Plant *
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-PANAX-RESIN 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
ALPHA-SANTALENE 0 Essential Oil *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Essential Oil *
BETA-PANAX-RESIN 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
BISABOLENE 0 Essential Oil *
CIS-BERGAMOTENE 0 Essential Oil *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Essential Oil *
DELTA-ELEMENE 0 Essential Oil *
DIHYDROOENANTHETOL 0 Plant *
DIIN-DIENE-FALCARINOL 0 Plant *
EN-DIIN-DIENE-FALCARINOL 0 Plant *
EO 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 30000.0 65000.0 -0.95 *
FALCARINDIONE 0 Root *
FALCARINOL-ONE 0 Root *
FALCARINONE 3 Root *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Essential Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Allelochemic 1 (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.
Allelopathic 1 (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.
Analgesic 1 (View) Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 69.
Antiacne 1 (View) *
Antiaggregant 1 (View) Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Antiallergic 1 (View) Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 3 (View) Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 (View) Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 (View) *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 (View) *
Anticancer (Liver) 1 (View) *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 (View) *
Anticarcinogenic 1 (View) *
Anticariogenic 1 (View) Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Antidysmenorrheic 1 (View) *
Antiedemic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiestrogenic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigliomic 1 (View) *