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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Culicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-Inducer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima. |
| Cytochrome-P488-Inducer | 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. |
| Cytotoxic | 3 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93. |
| Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Dermatitigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Differentiator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Digestive | 1 | Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp. |
| Diuretic | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| DNA-Binder | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Elastase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Enterocontractant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Enterorelaxant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Estrogenic | 2 | Australian J. Med Herbalism, 7: 29. |
| Expectorant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| FLavor | 9 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |