Plant Alnus glutinosa (Betulaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Black Alder

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
3-BETA-HYDROXYGLUTIN-5-EN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALNINCANONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALNULIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALNUSFOLIENDIOLONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BRASSINOLIDE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASTASTERONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRULLIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-AMYRENONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMODIN	58	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTINONE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-ORNITHINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHLOBAPHENE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOALNULIN	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Bark	not available	200000.0	0.52	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXEROL	2	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXERONE	0	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 Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
AGEs-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for AGEs-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Aggregant	1 (View Chemicals list for Aggregant)	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic)	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Analgesic	1 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic)	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Angiogenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anorexic)	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anthelmintic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadenomic)	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiaggregant)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiaging)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiandrogenic)	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic	2 (View Chemicals list for Antiangiogenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	4 (View Chemicals list for Antibacterial)	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Anticancer	2 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer)	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer (Breast))	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer (Cervix))	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer (Lung))	Duke, 1992 *
Anticapillary-Fragility	1 (View Chemicals list for Anticapillary-Fragility)	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.