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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | 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. |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ESTRAGOLE | 12 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 5 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GAMMA-CADINENE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GERMACRENE-D | 2 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HEX-1-EN-3-OL ACETATE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HUMULENE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ISO-AGASTACHOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 210.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MASLINIC-ACID | 6 | Root | not available | 12.4 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OCT-1-EN-3-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OCT-1-EN-3-OL ACETATE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OCT-1-EN-3-ONE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OCTAN-3-OL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antitumor (Kidney) | 1 | Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46. |
| Antitumor (Lung) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Pancreas) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Prostate) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor-Promoter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiuremic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiyeast | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anxiolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apifuge | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Apoptotic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aromatase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Artemicide | 1 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |
| Barbituate-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bronchoprotectant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bronchorelaxant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |