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
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Leaf	8.0	10.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
L-ALPHA-PINENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-BORNYL-ACETATE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-LIMONENE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAEVOPIMARIC-ACID	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURALDEHYDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Leaf	855.0	1197.0	0.81	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALTOL	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Leaf	25.0	35.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
NEOABIETINIC-ACID	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Leaf	25.0	35.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
PALUSTRINIC-ACID	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Leaf	5.0	7.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANTENE	0	Leaf	45.0	63.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID	7	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Leaf	28.0	38.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
TRICYCLENE	0	Leaf	45.0	63.0	0.55	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
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	1	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Myorelaxant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ozone-Scavenger	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Perfumery	9	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	13	Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer	1	Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Protisticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Schistosomicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	4	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Spasmogenic	3	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Sweetener	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Thermogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tineacide	1	Martindale's 29th