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Common Names
Costus; Kuth
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (E)-9-ISOPROPYL-6-METHYLDECA-5,9-DIEN-2-ONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (Z,Z,Z)-1,8,11,14-HEPTADECATETRAENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 12-METHOXY-DIHYDROCOSTUNOLIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 22-DIHYDROSTIGMASTEROL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-ISOPROPYLPENTANOIC-ACID | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-ETHYLOCTANOIC-ACID | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-OCTENOIC-ACID | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Root | not available | 500.0 | -0.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-AMORPHENIC-ACID | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-AMYRIN-STEARATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-COSTENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | 180.0 | 4200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-IONONE | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APLOTAXENE | 0 | Root | 600.0 | 14000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-AMYRIN-STEARATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-COSTENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | 180.0 | 4200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acidulant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allelopathic | 1 | Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands. |
| Allergenic | 6 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analgesic | 3 | 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. |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anemiagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anthelmintic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacetylcholinesterase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antialopecic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiandrogenic | 3 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiangiogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |