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Plant Abies alba (Pinaceae)

Common Names
Silver-Fir
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
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antioxidant 6 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiperiodic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipodagric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 5 A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antispasmodic 4 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic 2 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.
Antitumor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitympanitic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer 1 Duke, 1992 *