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Plant Cryptotaenia japonica (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Japanese Cryptotaenia; Japanese Honewort; Mitsuba; Ya Er Qin; Stone Parsley
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
ALANINE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIBUTYL-PHTHALATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIISOOCTYLPHTHALATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINE 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antialcoholic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialopecic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiarteriosclerotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antibacterial 1 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.