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Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-YLANGENE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANETHOLE | 36 | Essential Oil | not available | 20000.0 | -1.41 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANETHOLE | 36 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANISALDEHYDE | 7 | Essential Oil | not available | 30000.0 | 1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANISALDEHYDE | 7 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ANISALDEHYDE | 7 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA OPLOPENTONE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-BOURBONENE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-FARNESENE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-HUMULENE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CALAMENE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARYOPHYLLA-4(14)-8(15)-DIEN-5-ALPHA-OL | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antinephritic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiNF-kB | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosating | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiobesity | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antionychyotic | 1 | Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp. |
| Antiophidic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antioxidant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antioxidant (LDL) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperiodontic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperoxidant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiPGE2 | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiplaque | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiplasmodial | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipneumonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprogestational | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiproliferant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiprostatitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproteolytic | 1 | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |