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Plant Ageratum conyzoides (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Mexican ageratum

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FARNESOL 17 Plant 0.5 3.5 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 256000.0 -0.05 Wealth of India.
FRIEDELIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Shoot not available 2520.0 5.38 R. Vera, (1993); Chemical composition of the essential oil Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) from Reunion, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol.8, 257-260.
GERMACRENE-D 2 Shoot not available 6320.0 3.17 R. Vera, (1993); Chemical composition of the essential oil Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) from Reunion, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol.8, 257-260.
HCN 9 Plant not available not available not available Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
HEXADECENOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 2535.0 -1.21 Wealth of India.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
KAEMPFEROL-3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RHAMNOSYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LIMONENE 60 Shoot not available 340.0 -0.16 R. Vera, (1993); Chemical composition of the essential oil Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) from Reunion, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol.8, 257-260.
LINALOL 0 Shoot not available 80.0 -0.21 R. Vera, (1993); Chemical composition of the essential oil Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) from Reunion, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol.8, 257-260.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available 140135.0 0.28 Wealth of India.
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 30565.0 -0.05 Wealth of India.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available 18075.0 -0.83 Wealth of India.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed not available 42315.0 0.17 Wealth of India.
PHYTOL-ISOMER 0 Shoot not available 640.0 not available R. Vera, (1993); Chemical composition of the essential oil Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) from Reunion, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol.8, 257-260.
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
QUERCETIN-3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
QUERCETIN-3-O-RHAMNOSYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hemostat 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 6 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 5 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypnotic 1 Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990.
Hypocholesterolemic 4 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic 3 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 1 Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inhalant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *