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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Agrimonia eupatoria (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Agrimony; Sticklewort
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-BETA-2-ALPHA-3-BETA-19-ALPHA-TETRAHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Root 240.0 *
1-BETA-2-BETA-3-BETA-19-ALPHA-TETRAHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Root 15.0 *
AFZELIN 1 Shoot 16.2 -1.00 *
AGRIMOL-A 0 Plant *
AGRIMOL-B 0 Plant *
AGRIMOL-C 0 Plant *
AGRIMOL-D 0 Plant *
AGRIMONOLIDE 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
AGRIMOPHOL 5 Bud 7900.0 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
AMYRIN 1 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
APIGENIN 101 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant 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.
APIGENIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Shoot 22.5 23.6 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Shoot 25.0 -0.97 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CATECHIN 43 Plant 26000.0 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.
CATECHIN-TANNIN 0 Leaf 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.
CERYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Thyroid) 1 *
Antitumor-Promoter 10 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 3 *
Antitympanitic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer 9 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcerogenic 1 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaricose 1 *
Antiviral 18 *
Antiwrinkle 1 *
Antiyeast 1 *
Anxiolytic 2 *
Aphidifuge 1 *
Apoptotic 8 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 5 *
Artemicide 1 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide 1 *
Astringent 2 Merck 11th Edition
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.