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

Plant Sanguisorba officinalis (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Greater Burnet
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 Plant *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN 7 Plant *
19-DEHYDROURSOLIC-ACID 0 Plant *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Stem 1100.0 2.80 Jim Duke's personal files.
CATECHOL-TANINS 0 Root 170000.0 *
CATECHOL-TANINS 0 Hs 170000.0 *
CYANIDIN-3,5-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 0 Hl *
ELLAGITANNINS 0 Plant *
FAT 0 Seed 135000.0 -0.69 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant *
METHYL-GLUCOSIDE-GALLATES 0 Plant *
POMOLIC-ACID 2 Plant *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 128000.0 -0.94 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant *
SANGUIIN-H-1 0 Plant *
SANGUIIN-H-2 1 Plant *
SANGUIIN-H-6 5 Plant *
SANGUISORBIC-ACID-DILACTONE 0 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
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.
Allergenic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Anthelmintic 2 (View) *
Antiaflatoxin 2 (View) *
Antiaggregant 3 (View) *
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 2 (View) *
Antialzheimeran 2 (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 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 2 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *
Antiarthritic 2 (View) Planta Medica, 57: A56, 1991.
Antiasthmatic 1 (View) *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 (View) *