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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCTAN-3-OL | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OCTAN-3-ONE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | Root | not available | 10.0 | -0.86 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OPLOPANONE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| P-ANISALDEHYDE | 11 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| P-METHOXYCINNAMALDEHYDE | 2 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| PACHYPODOL | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| PARA-CYMENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PARA-CYMENE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PARA-METHOXY CINNAMALDEHYDE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 10000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PARA-METHOXY CINNAMALDEHYDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PARA-METHOXY CINNAMALDEHYDE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ROSMARINIC-ACID | 57 | Leaf | not available | 9000.0 | 0.19 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SAFROLE | 29 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SPATHULENOL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TILIANIN | 0 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TILIANIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TILIANIN | 0 | Root | not available | 84.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TILIANINE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 46.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TRANS-CARVEOL | 1 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 1 | Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp. |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 2 | Chen, S. J., Wang, M. H., Chen, I. J. 1996. Antiplatelet and Calcium Inhibitory Properties of Eugenol and Sodium Eugenol Acetate. Gen Pharmacol, 27(4): 629-633. |
| Protease-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protisticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Psychoactive | 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. |
| Radioprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Secretogogue | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Secretolytic | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Sedative | 7 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Spasmogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spermicide | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Sweetener | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sympathomimetic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Termiticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termitifuge | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Testosterone-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 1 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
| Tranquilizer | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90. |
| Transdermal | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |