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How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYNAROSIDE | 3 | Shoot | not available | 123.3 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Shoot | not available | 20.0 | -0.26 | Tumen, G. 1991. The Volatile Constituents of Acinos suaveolens (Sibt. et Smith). G. Don fil. Growing in Turkey. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3:191-2. |
| DIDYMIN | 0 | Shoot | not available | 20.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EO | 0 | Shoot | not available | 6400.0 | -0.36 | Tumen, G. 1991. The Volatile Constituents of Acinos suaveolens (Sibt. et Smith). G. Don fil. Growing in Turkey. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3:191-2. |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Shoot | not available | 3.0 | -0.39 | Tumen, G. 1991. The Volatile Constituents of Acinos suaveolens (Sibt. et Smith). G. Don fil. Growing in Turkey. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3:191-2. |
| GERANIAL | 13 | Shoot | not available | 50.0 | -0.49 | Tumen, G. 1991. The Volatile Constituents of Acinos suaveolens (Sibt. et Smith). G. Don fil. Growing in Turkey. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3:191-2. |
| HESPERIDIN | 31 | Shoot | not available | 1993.3 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HEX-1-EN-3-OL | 0 | Shoot | not available | 700.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ISOMENTHONE | 3 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ISOMENTHONE | 3 | Shoot | 1090.0 | 3255.0 | 0.05 | Tumen, G. 1991. The Volatile Constituents of Acinos suaveolens (Sibt. et Smith). G. Don fil. Growing in Turkey. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3:191-2. |
| ISOPIPERITONE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 2800.0 | 1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ISOPULEGONE-I | 0 | Shoot | not available | 3800.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ISOPULEGONE-II | 0 | Shoot | not available | 10100.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Shoot | not available | 430.0 | 0.43 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Shoot | not available | 16.6 | -0.61 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Shoot | not available | 3700.0 | 1.56 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Shoot | not available | 1800.0 | -0.15 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LUTEOLIN | 78 | Shoot | not available | 66.6 | 1.41 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LUTEOLIN-7-O-RUTINOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 20.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MENTHOL | 63 | Shoot | not available | 3.0 | -0.64 | Tumen, G. 1991. The Volatile Constituents of Acinos suaveolens (Sibt. et Smith). G. Don fil. Growing in Turkey. J. Ess. Oil Res. 3:191-2. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Estrogenic | 5 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Expectorant | 9 | Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994. |
| FLavor | 18 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 15 | Economou, D., and Nahrstedt, A. 1991. Chemical, Physiological, and Toxicological Aspects of the Essential Oil of Some Species of the Genus Bystropogon*. Planta Medica, 57: 347, 1991. |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroirritant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastrosedative | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionalytic | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-92. |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(+)icide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hallucinogenic | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Hemostat | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Hepatomagenic | 1 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |