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Common Names
Agrimony; Sticklewort
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| COSMOSIIN | 4 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMARINS | 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. |
| CYNAROSIDE | 3 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGIC-ACID | 51 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| ELLAGIN-TANNIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELLAGITANNINS | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| EO | 0 | Plant | not available | 2000.0 | -0.59 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| EUSCAPHIC-ACID | 0 | Shoot | not available | 15.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUSCAPHIC-ACID-28-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-ESTER | 0 | Shoot | not available | 15.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | not available | 350000.0 | 0.45 | 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. |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALLO-TANNIN | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALLOTANNINS | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| GENTISIC-ACID | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HOMOPROTOCATECHUIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPEROSIDE | 30 | Flower | not available | 3700.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOPULEGOLE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ISOPULEGOLE-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Inflorescence | not available | 2100.0 | not available | 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 * |