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Plant Pluchea carolinensis (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Pito sico; Santa maria
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
ALKALOIDS 0 Leaf not available not available not available Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Plant not available not available not available Tramil
BETA-AMYRIN-ACETATE 4 Shoot not available not available not available Tramil
CAMPESTEROL 2 Shoot not available not available not available Tramil
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Shoot not available not available not available Tramil
CUATHEMONES 0 Shoot not available not available not available Tramil
FLAVONOIDS 0 Plant not available not available not available Tramil
GLUCOSIDES 0 Plant not available not available not available Tramil
STEROIDS 0 Plant not available not available not available Tramil
TANNINS 0 Leaf not available not available not available Tramil
TARAXASTERYL-ACETATE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Tramil
TERPENOIDS 0 Plant not available not available not available Tramil
THYMOHYDROQUINONE-DIMETHYLETHER 0 Shoot not available not available not available Tramil
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
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Yoshikawa, M., et al. 1999. Medicinal Flowers. I. Aldose Reductase Inhibitors and Three New Eudesmane-Type Sesquiterpenes, Kikkanols A, B, and C, From the Flowers of Chrysanthemum inducum L. Chem Pharm Bull, 47(3): 340-345.
Allelochemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotropic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *