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Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 3-ALLYL-5-6-DIMETHOXY PHENOL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 3-O-ACETYL-OLEANOLIC ALDEHYDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 3-O-ACETYL-OLEANOLIC ALDEHYDE | 0 | Root | not available | 4.4 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 4-METHOXY-CINNAMIC ALCOHOL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 4-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ABIETA-4(18)-8-11-13-TETRAEN-7-ONE | 0 | Root | not available | 26.6 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 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. |
| ACACETIN | 16 | Root | not available | 6.8 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ACACETIN | 16 | Shoot | not available | 285.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AGASTACHIN | 0 | Shoot | not available | 19.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AGASTACHOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 9.2 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AGASTACHOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| AGASTANOL | 0 | Root | not available | 35.5 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-CADINOL | 3 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-HUMULENE | 2 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-LIMONENE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Myorelaxant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Nematicide | 6 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Nephroprotective | 1 | Toxicol Appl. Pharmacol. 1996. |
| Nephrotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neuroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 2 | 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. |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ozone-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-2B1-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pediculicide | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Perfumery | 9 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Peristaltic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | 20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pheromone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Photosensitizer | 1 | Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp. |
| Piscicide | 2 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |