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Plant Lycium chinense (Solanaceae)

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Common name(s)
Chinese Boxthorn, Chinese Matrimony Vine, Chinese Wolfberry, Chinesischer Bocksdorn (Ger.), Daun Koki (Indones.), Gou Qi (Chin.), Kaukichai (Malays.), Kuko (Jap.), Lyciet de Chine (Fr.), Spina Santa Cinese (Ital.), Wolfberry
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Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 1,2-DEHYDRO-ALPHA-CYPERONE Fruit -- 25.0 -- Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
0 24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL Seed -- -- -- Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
0 3-HYDROXY-7,8-DEHYDRO-BETA-IONONE Fruit -- 890.0 -- Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
0 3-HYDROXY-BETA-IONONE Fruit -- 890.0 -- Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
0 31-NORCYCLOARTENOL Seed -- -- -- Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
0 4,4-DIMETHYLSTEROL Seed -- -- -- Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
0 4-DESMETHYLSTEROL Seed -- -- -- Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
0 4-MONOMETHYLSTEROL Seed -- -- -- Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
0 5-ALPHA-STIGMASTAN-3,6-DIONE Root Bark -- 1.9 -- *
0 6,7-EPOXY-5,20-DIHYDROXY-1-OXOWITHA-2,24-DIENOLIDE Plant -- -- -- J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
0 6,7-EPOXY-5-HYDROXY-1-OXOWITHA-2,24-DIENOLIDE Plant -- -- -- J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3 ALANINE Leaf -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
32 ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL Leaf 94.0 177.0 -0.53 *
0 AMINO-ACIDS Fruit -- 53000.0 -1.00 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
2 ARSENIC Root Bark -- 0.7 1.95 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
2 ARSENIC Fruit -- 0.4 0.03 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Leaf 80.0 769.0 -0.37 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit -- 425.0 -0.26 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
0 ASH Leaf 17000.0 163000.0 0.78 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
2 ASPARAGINE Leaf -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
*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.