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

Plant Tilia sp. (Tiliaceae)

Common Names
Basswood, Lime, Linden
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-PHENYLETHANOL 0 Flower *
2-PHENYLETHYL-BENZOATE 0 Flower *
2-PHENYLETHYLPHENYLACETATE 0 Flower *
AFZELIN 1 Flower *
ALANINE 3 Flower *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Flower *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf *
ASH 0 Fruit 21000.0 66000.0 0.24 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Fruit *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Flower *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Leaf *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Wood *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Flower *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 232000.0 727000.0 -0.30 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 575000.0 653000.0 0.33 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Flower *
CIS-TRANS-FARNESOL 0 Flower *
CIS-TRANS-FARNESYL-ACETATE 0 Flower *
CYSTEINE 13 Flower *
CYSTINE 2 Flower *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acaricide 2 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 10 (View) *
Allelochemic 5 (View) *
Allelopathic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 12 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 9 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 3 (View) Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.