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

Plant Rhododendron ponticum (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Pontic Alpenrose
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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN 7 Leaf *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf *
ACETYLANDROMEDIENOL 0 Leaf *
ACETYLANDROMEDOL 1 Leaf *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Plant *
ANDROMEDOL 0 Leaf *
ANDROMEDOLDITERPENES 0 Leaf *
ARBUTIN 15 Plant *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Plant *
DELTA-10(18)-ACETYLANDROMEDOL 0 Leaf *
EPICATECHIN 40 Leaf *
FRIEDELIN 2 Plant *
GOSSYPETIN 7 Plant *
MALVIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
MALVIN 2 Plant *
MYRICETIN 34 Plant *
RHODODENDRIN 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (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.
Allelochemic 5 (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 2 (View) *
Anabolic 1 (View) *
Analgesic 4 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaggregant 4 (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) *
Antiallergenic 1 (View) *
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.
Antianaphylactic 2 (View) *
Antiandrogenic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *