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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
KAEMPFERIDE 5 Shoot not available 19.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFERIDE-3-O-ALPHA-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Shoot not available 10.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Shoot not available 24.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available 22.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE 0 Shoot not available 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RUTINOSIDE 0 Shoot not available 25.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-RHAMNOSIDE 2 Shoot not available 16.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOANTHOCYANINS 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
LUTEOLIN 78 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.
LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 7 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
LUTEOLIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-1-N-5-N-10-TRI-TRANS-4-COUMAROYL-SPERMIDINE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOISOPULEGOLE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
NICOTINAMIDE 2 Leaf 100.0 300.0 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.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 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.
POLYSACCHARIDES 0 Shoot 195000.0 200000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 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.
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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
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 224.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypocholesterolemic 6 Choi, J.S., Yokozawa,* T., and Oura, H. Antihyperlipidemic Effect Of Flavonoids From Prunus davidiana. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 218-224, 1991.
Hypoglycemic 6 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 3 Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 1 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Insectifuge 6 Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insectiphile 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.