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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
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Plant 4.0 30.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Plant not available 97200.0 -0.43 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETA-CADINENE 0 Shoot not available 1620.0 1.41 R. Vera, (1993); Chemical composition of the essential oil Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) from Reunion, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol.8, 257-260.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant 34.0 270.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Plant 4.0 32.0 1.78 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Shoot not available 2460.0 4.86 R. Vera, (1993); Chemical composition of the essential oil Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) from Reunion, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol.8, 257-260.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Plant 2.0 16.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Plant 5.0 37.5 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Shoot not available 580.0 2.82 R. Vera, (1993); Chemical composition of the essential oil Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) from Reunion, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol.8, 257-260.
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Plant 2.0 15.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Shoot not available 320.0 0.29 R. Vera, (1993); Chemical composition of the essential oil Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) from Reunion, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol.8, 257-260.
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant 0.8 6.5 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Shoot not available 240.0 -0.10 R. Vera, (1993); Chemical composition of the essential oil Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) from Reunion, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol.8, 257-260.
BETA-SELINENE 3 Plant 4.0 32.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
BORNEOL 35 Shoot not available 500.0 0.08 R. Vera, (1993); Chemical composition of the essential oil Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) from Reunion, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol.8, 257-260.
BORNYL-ACETAE 0 Shoot not available 1540.0 not available R. Vera, (1993); Chemical composition of the essential oil Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) from Reunion, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol.8, 257-260.
BORNYL-FORMATE 1 Shoot not available 920.0 1.41 R. Vera, (1993); Chemical composition of the essential oil Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) from Reunion, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol.8, 257-260.
C15H24 0 Shoot 80.0 380.0 not available R. Vera, (1993); Chemical composition of the essential oil Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae) from Reunion, Flavour Fragr. J., Vol.8, 257-260.
CADINENE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 3 Duke, 1992 *
Vasomotor-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.