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Plant Tsuga canadensis (Pinaceae)

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Common name(s)
Eastern Hemlock
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
11 ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE Branches -- -- -- *
13 BETULIN Bark -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
13 BETULIN Leaf -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
13 BETULIN Twig -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
4 CADINENE Branches -- -- -- *
0 EO Branches 4000.0 4600.0 -1.14 *
0 GALACTOGLUCOMANNAN Wood -- -- -- *
0 GALACTOGLUCOMANNOGLYCAN Wood -- -- -- *
75 KAEMPFEROL Branches -- -- -- *
0 L-ALPHA-PINENE Branches -- -- -- *
0 L-BORNEOL Branches -- -- -- *
0 L-BORNYL-ACETATE Branches -- -- -- *
0 L-CAMPHENE Branches -- -- -- *
2 L-LIMONENE Branches -- -- -- *
22 MYRCENE Branches 104.0 120.0 -- *
8 PICEATANNOL Bark 8000.0 10000.0 -- *
5 PINITOL Branches -- -- -- *
35 TANNIN Root Bark -- 245000.0 0.55 *
35 TANNIN Bark 100000.0 150500.0 0.08 *
35 TANNIN Leaf -- 15000.0 -1.17 *
*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.