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

 Zanthoxylum clava-herculis (Rutaceae)

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Common name(s)
Hercules'-Club, Pepperbark, Southern Prickly Ash, West Indian Yellowwood
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 (+)-LAURIFOLINE Root Bark -- -- -- *
0 (-)-ASARININ Bark -- -- -- *
0 (-)-PLUVIATILOL-GAMMA-GAMMA-DIMETHYL-ALLYL-ETHER Bark -- -- -- *
0 (-)-SESAMIN Bark -- -- -- *
0 6-O-METHYLTYRAMINE-N-METHYL-CINNAMIDE Bark -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
6 ASARININ Bark -- -- -- *
130 BERBERINE Bark -- -- -- *
130 BERBERINE Plant -- -- -- *
4 CANDICINE 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.
33 CHELERYTHRINE Bark -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
0 CINNAMAMIDE Bark -- -- -- Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
0 EO Plant -- 33000.0 1.77 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
0 HERCLAVIN Bark -- -- -- *
0 HERCLAVINE Bark -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2 HERCULIN Bark -- -- -- Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
0 ISOBUTYL-AMIDE Bark -- -- -- *
0 LAURIFOLINE Plant -- -- -- Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
11 MAGNOFLORINE Plant -- -- -- Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
11 MAGNOFLORINE Root Bark -- -- -- *
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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.