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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-OCTANOL | 2 | Plant | not available | 4.0 | -0.64 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ACACETIN | 16 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ACACETIN | 16 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Plant | not available | 20.0 | -0.47 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Plant | not available | 2.0 | -0.43 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Plant | not available | 1.0 | -0.60 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | not available | 184000.0 | 2.69 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Plant | 90.0 | 100.0 | -0.44 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-OCIMENE | 3 | Plant | not available | 4.0 | -0.49 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| COPAENE | 1 | Plant | not available | 6.0 | -0.82 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| COSMOSIIN | 4 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| COSMOSIIN | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CYNAROSIDE | 3 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CYNAROSIDE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Plant | not available | 11.0 | -0.49 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| EO | 0 | Plant | not available | 500.0 | -0.70 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GERMACRENE-D | 2 | Plant | 240.0 | 260.0 | -0.20 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Plant | not available | 2.0 | -0.48 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LINALOL | 0 | Plant | not available | 9.0 | -0.43 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Plant | not available | 2.0 | -0.47 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiedemic | 1 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
| Antiesophagitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifeedant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antihistaminic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 4 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
| Antileishmanic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilithic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilithic? | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antilymphomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimalarial | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimutagenic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antinitrosaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinociceptive | 1 | Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990. |
| Antiobesity | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antionychyotic | 1 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
| Antioxidant | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antipneumonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |