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Plant Agrimonia eupatoria (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Agrimony; Sticklewort
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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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
1-BETA-2-ALPHA-3-BETA-19-ALPHA-TETRAHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Root not available 240.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-BETA-2-BETA-3-BETA-19-ALPHA-TETRAHYDROXY-URS-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Root not available 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AFZELIN 1 Shoot not available 16.2 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
AGRIMOL-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AGRIMOL-B 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AGRIMOL-C 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AGRIMOL-D 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AGRIMONOLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
AGRIMOPHOL 5 Bud not available 7900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 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.
AMYRIN 1 Plant not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available 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 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.
APIGENIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Shoot 22.5 23.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Shoot not available 25.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN 43 Plant not available 26000.0 not available 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 not available not available not available 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 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.
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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
COX-2-Inhibitor 6 Newmark, T. M. and Schulick, P. 2000. Herbal Cox-2 Inhibition - Nature's Challenge to Arthritis, Cancer & Alzheimer's Disease. Hohm Press, Prescott AZ.
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 7 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 4 Jim Duke's personal files.
Depressant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Dermatitigenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Diaphoretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 3 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 9 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Elastase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic 5 Duke, 1992 *