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

 Zanthoxylum americanum (Rutaceae)

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Common name(s)
Northern Prickly Ash
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 (+)-LAURIFOLINE Root Bark -- -- -- *
0 (+)-LAURIFOLINE Stem Bark -- -- -- *
0 8-(3,3-DIMETHYLALLYL)ALLOXANTHOXYLETIN Plant -- -- -- *
0 8-(3,3-DIMETHYLALLYL)ALLOXANTHOXYLETIN Root Bark -- -- -- Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
0 ALLOXANTHOXYLETIN Stem Bark -- -- -- *
0 ALLOXANTHOXYLETIN Bark -- -- -- Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
0 ALLOXANTHOXYLETIN Root Bark -- -- -- *
130 BERBERINE Plant -- -- -- *
0 BETA-FAGARINE Bark -- -- -- Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
47 BETA-SITOSTEROL Root Bark -- -- -- *
4 CANDICINE Bark -- -- -- Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
4 CANDICINE Plant -- -- -- *
4 CANDICINE Root Bark -- -- -- *
4 CANDICINE Stem Bark -- -- -- *
33 CHELERYTHRINE Bark -- -- -- Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
33 CHELERYTHRINE Root Bark -- -- -- *
0 CNIDILIN Fruit 3.0 12.5 -- *
0 GAMMA-FAGARINE Leaf -- -- -- *
0 GAMMA-FAGARINE Plant -- -- -- *
0 HERCLAVINE Plant -- -- -- *
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*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.