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

 Glehnia littoralis (Apiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Bei Sha Shen
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 7-O-(3,3-DIMETHYLALLYL)-SCOPOLETIN Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 7-O-(3,3-DIMETHYLALLYL)-SCOPOLETIN Root -- -- -- *
0 8-(1,1-DIMETHYLALLYL)-5-HYDROXYPSORALEN Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 8-(1,1-DIMETHYLALLYL)-5-HYDROXYPSORALEN Root -- -- -- *
0 8-GERANYLOXYPSORALEN Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 8-GERANYLOXYPSORALEN Root -- -- -- *
0 ALLOISOIMPERATORIN Root -- -- -- *
0 ALLOISOIMPERATORIN Rhizome -- -- -- *
26 BERGAPTEN Root -- -- -- *
26 BERGAPTEN Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 BERGAPTIN Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 BERGAPTIN Root -- -- -- *
28 CALCIUM Root -- 1930.0 -0.60 *
0 CNIDILIN Rhizome -- -- -- *
0 CNIDILIN Root -- -- -- *
12 COPPER Root -- 15.0 0.36 *
25 IMPERATORIN Rhizome -- -- -- *
25 IMPERATORIN Root -- -- -- *
6 IRON Root -- 820.0 0.75 *
65 MAGNESIUM Root -- 1650.0 -0.49 *
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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.