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Plant Tsuga canadensis (Pinaceae)

Common Names
Eastern Hemlock
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN 13 Bark not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Twig not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CADINENE 4 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Branches 4000.0 4600.0 -1.14 Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOGLUCOMANNAN 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOGLUCOMANNOGLYCAN 0 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-BORNEOL 0 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-BORNYL-ACETATE 0 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-CAMPHENE 0 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-LIMONENE 2 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Branches 104.0 120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PICEATANNOL 8 Bark 8000.0 10000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PINITOL 5 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Bark 100000.0 150500.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf not available 15000.0 -1.17 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Root Bark not available 245000.0 0.55 Duke, 1992 *
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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Oliveira, T. T., Nagem, T. J., Miranda, L. C. G., Paula, V. F., Teixeira, M. A. 1997. Inhibitory Action on Aldose Reductase by Soybean Flavonoids. J Braz Chem Soc, 8(3): 211-213.
Allelopathic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Anthelmintic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 5 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *