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Plant Agrimonia eupatoria (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Agrimony; Sticklewort
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
QUERCETIN 176 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-0-GALACTOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
QUERCETIN-3-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
QUERCETIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available 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.
QUERCITRIN 44 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ROSAMULTIN 0 Root not available 250.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Inflorescence not available 1700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICIC-ACID 1 Exocarp not available 120000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TANNIN 35 Bark not available 52800.0 -0.77 Wealth of India.
TANNIN 35 Leaf 50000.0 80000.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Shoot 30000.0 210000.0 1.66 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf not available 2.4 -1.23 Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
TORMENTIC-ACID-28-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-ESTER 0 Shoot not available 19.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRITERPENES 0 Plant not available 15000.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Plant not available 6000.0 -0.51 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiaflatoxin 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antialcoholic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiallergic 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialopecic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianaphylactic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiapoplectic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiasthmatic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 24 Planta Medica, 57: A42, 1991.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *