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

 Forsythia suspensa (Oleaceae)

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Common name(s)
Lian-Jiao, Lien-Chiao
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
4 ARCTIIN Fruit -- -- -- *
22 BETULINIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
28 CALCIUM Fruit -- 4380.0 0.12 *
12 COPPER Fruit -- 19.0 0.48 *
0 D-PINORESINOL Fruit -- -- -- *
0 D-PINORESINOL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 FORSYTHID Fruit -- -- -- *
0 FORSYTHIDMETHYLETHER Fruit -- -- -- *
0 FORSYTHOSIDE-A Leaf -- -- -- *
2 FORSYTHOSIDE-B Leaf -- -- -- *
0 FORSYTHOSIDE-C Leaf -- -- -- *
0 FORSYTHOSIDE-D Leaf -- -- -- *
6 IRON Fruit -- 440.0 1.22 *
65 MAGNESIUM Fruit -- 1160.0 -0.45 *
14 MANGANESE Fruit -- 120.0 0.39 *
0 MATAIRESINOSIDE Fruit -- -- -- *
64 OLEANOLIC-ACID Fruit -- -- -- *
0 PHILLYGENIN Fruit -- -- -- *
1 PHILLYRIN Fruit -- -- -- *
1 PHILLYRIN Leaf -- -- -- *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.