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

Plant Heliotropium europaeum (Boraginaceae)

Common Names
Heliotrope, Turnsole
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
ACETYLLASIOCARPINE 0 Plant *
ANGELIC-ACID 1 Shoot *
CYNOGLOSSINE 0 Seed *
ECHINATINE 0 Plant *
EUROPINE 2 Plant 140.0 *
EUROPINE-N-OXIDE 0 Plant 4000.0 *
FAT 0 Seed 238000.0 -0.14 *
HELEURINE 0 Plant *
HELEURINE-N-OXIDE 0 Plant 1100.0 *
HELIOSUPINE 2 Plant *
HELIOTRIDINE 1 Shoot *
HELIOTRIDINE-N-OXIDE 0 Shoot 7400.0 *
HELIOTRINE 9 Shoot 270.0 *
ISOHELIOTRINE 0 Plant *
LASIOTROPINE 0 Plant *
LASIOTROPINE-N-OXIDE 0 Shoot 3600.0 *
OCTADECATETRAENOIC-ACID 0 Root *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 209000.0 -0.22 *
RETRONECINE 0 Plant *
SUPINIDINE? 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticholinergic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antileukemic 1 (View) Collins, D.J., Culvenor, C.C.J., Lamberton, J.A., Loder, J.W. and Price, J.R., Plants for Medicines, CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia, 1990, 303 pp.
Antineuromuscular 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor 2 (View) Collins, D.J., Culvenor, C.C.J., Lamberton, J.A., Loder, J.W. and Price, J.R., Plants for Medicines, CSIRO, East Melbourne, Australia, 1990, 303 pp.
Carcinogenic 1 (View) De Smet, P.A.G.M., Keller, K., Hansel, R. and Chandler, R.F., eds. 1993. Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs 2. Springr-Verlag, Berlin. 348pp.
Hepatotoxic 5 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypotensive 1 (View) *
Mutagenic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Respiroparalytic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sedative 1 (View) *
Teratogenic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uterocontractant 1 (View) De Smet, P.A.G.M., Keller, K., Hansel, R. and Chandler, R.F., eds. 1993. Adverse Effects of Herbal Drugs 2. Springr-Verlag, Berlin. 348pp.