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Plant Apocynum androsaemifolium (Apocynaceae)

Common Names
Bitterroot; Spreading Dogbane
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
ACETOVANILLIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANDROSIN 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANDROSTEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APOBIOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APOCYMARIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APOCYNAMARIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APOCYNEIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APOCYNIN 8 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYMARIN 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Root not available 160.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
EPURANOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HOMOANDROSTEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
K-STROPHANTHIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiallergenic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiarthritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Cardiotonic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Cartilage-Sparing 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myocardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 1 Duke, 1992 *