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

Plant Arnica montana (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Leopard's-Bane, Mountain Tobacco
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-BETA-ETHOXY-6-O-ISOBUTYRYL-2,3-DIHYDROHELENALIN 0 Flower *
4-HYDROXY-THYMOL-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Rhizome *
6-O-ISOBUTYRYL-TETRAHYDROHELENALIN 0 Flower *
8,9-DEHYDRO-4-HYDROXY-THYMOL-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Rhizome *
ANGELIC-ACID 1 Rhizome *
ARBICIN 0 Root *
ARNICOLIDE 1 Leaf *
ARNIDIOL 1 Flower *
ARNIFOLIN 0 Leaf *
ARNISTEROL 0 Flower *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Flower *
BALDRIANIC-ACID 0 Rhizome *
BETA-LACTUCEROL 0 Flower *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Flower *
BETAINE 14 Flower *
BETULETOL 0 Flower *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Flower *
CARNAUBYLALCOHOL 0 Flower *
CATECHIN-TANNINS 0 Rhizome 23000.0 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Flower *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Acaricide 2 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Acidulant 2 (View) Martindale's 28th
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
Allelochemic 1 (View) *
Allergenic 4 (View) *
Analgesic 6 (View) *
Ancylostomicide 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Ankylostomacide 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 1 (View) Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antiacne 1 (View) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.