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Plant Anemone pulsatilla (Ranunculaceae)

Common Names
Pasque Flower
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
ANEMONIN 12 Plant not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
DELPHINIDIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
GLUCOSE 7 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIDIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTOANEMONIN 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RANUNCULIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SAPONIN 0 Root 1900.0 7500.0 -0.65 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TANNIN 35 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Amebicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Meli, R., Autore, G., Di Carlo, G., Capasso, F. Inhibitory Action of Quercetin on Intestinal Transit in Mice. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 201, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *