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.
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
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	Chemical Count	Reference
Purgative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Styptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sweetener	1	Merck 11th Edition
Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	1	Muller, S. O., Eckert, I., Lutz, W. K., Stopper, H. 1996. Genotoxicity of the Laxative Drug Components Emodin, Aloe-emodin and Danthron in Mammalian Cells: Topoisomerase II Mediated? Mutat Res, 371: 165-173.
Trichomonicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Triglycerigenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uricogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Vasodilator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	1	Martindale's 29th
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *