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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Aconitum napellus (Ranunculaceae)

Common Names
European Aconite; Monkshood; Aconite; Bear's-Foot; Blue Rocket; Friar's Cap; Garden Monkshood; Garden Wolfsbane; Helmet Flower; Queen's Fettle; Soldier's Cap; Turk's Cap
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PICRACONITINE 0 Leaf *
PICRANOTINE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PICROACONITINE 0 Leaf *
PSEUDACONITINE 2 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PYRRILIDONCARBONIC-ACID 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
QUINIC-ACID 1 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SENBUSINE-A 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SENBUSINE-C 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SONGORAMINE 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SPARTEINE 21 Root *
STARCH 5 Root 250000.0 -0.27 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Plant *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Root *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidiabetic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidiabetic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiEBV 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antielastase 1 *
Antiemphysemic 1 *
Antienuretic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiepileptic 1 *
Antiescherichic 1 *
Antifeedant 2 *
Antifibromyalgic 1 *
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiganglionic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antigenotoxic 1 *
Antiglaucomic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigonadotropic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antihangover 1 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 *