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Plant Solidago virgaurea (Asteraceae)

Common Names
European Goldenrod; Woundwort
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN-TANNINS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CLERODANE-DITERPENES 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-GLUCOSYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELONGATOLIDES 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INULIN 19 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEICARPOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MATRICARIAESTER 0 Root not available 8000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
POLYGALIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SOLIDAGOLACTONES 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 Martindale's 29th
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 7 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 3 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 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 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 Duke, 1992 *
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *