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Plant Aralia spinosa (Araliaceae)

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Common name(s)
American Angelica Tree, Devil's Walking Stick, Hercules' Club, Prickly Ash
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
18 OLEIC-ACID Seed -- 102000.0 -0.14 Kleiman, R., Spencer, G. F. 1982. Search for New Industrial Oils: 16. Umbelliflorae-Seed Oils Rich in Petroselinic Acid. J. Amer. Oil Chem. Soc., 59: 29-32.
0 PETROSELINIC-ACID Fruit -- 11.3 -1.33 Ratnayake, S., McLaughlin, J. L. 1993. Petroselinic Acid from the Ripe Berries of Aralia spinosa. Int. J. Pharmacog., 31(1): 35-37.
0 PETROSELINIC-ACID Seed -- 711000.0 0.73 Kleiman, R., Spencer, G. F. 1982. Search for New Industrial Oils: 16. Umbelliflorae-Seed Oils Rich in Petroselinic Acid. J. Amer. Oil Chem. Soc., 59: 29-32.
*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.