Plant Abies alba (Pinaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Silver-Fir

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
ABIETIC-ACID	3	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ABIETINOLIC-ACID	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ABIETOSPIRONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-&-BETA-ABIETINOLIC-ACID	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FENCHENE	0	Leaf	50.0	70.0	4.43	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Leaf	5.0	7.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	590.0	826.0	0.10	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FENCHENE	0	Leaf	5.0	7.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Plant	32.0	46.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Leaf	218.0	304.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYLENE	0	Leaf	1.0	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Leaf	528.0	738.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOFENCHENE	0	Leaf	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECYL-ALDEHYDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE	8	Leaf	2.0	4.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE	8	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	2500.0	3500.0	-0.71	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
Acaricide	2	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Additive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	1	Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	3	Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Antiacetylcholinesterase	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran?	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiarthritic	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antiasthmatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	8	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Anticancer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	2	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.