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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
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigliomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 2 Joyeux, M., Rolland, A., Fleurentin, J., Mortier, F., and Dorfman, P. 1989. Tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide-Induced Injury in Isolated Rat Hepatocytes: A Model for Studying Anti-Hepatotoxic Crude Drugs. Planta Medica 56(2): 171-173, 1990.
Antiherpetic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 3 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
AntiHIV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiimplantation 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 14 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antileukotriene-D4 2 Duke, 1992 *