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Plant Arnica montana (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Leopard's-Bane; Mountain Tobacco
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CHOLINE 20 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIEN-TETRAIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROHELENALIN 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIOXYSTEARIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EN-PENTAIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Flower 400.0 1400.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Rhizome 5000.0 63100.0 0.25 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Root 17700.0 37400.0 1.11 Duke, 1992 *
EUPAFOLIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FARADIOL 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Rhizome not available 25000.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HELENALIN 34 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HELENIEN 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADECATRIIEN-(1,7,9)-TRIIN-(11,13,15) 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISPIDULIN 7 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INULIN 19 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INULIN 19 Rhizome 90000.0 120000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterotoxic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Estrogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Ethanolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Flatugenic 1 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
FLavor 6 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Floral-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungicide 4 Duke, 1992 *
Fungistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungitoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Gastroirritant 1 Martindale's 29th
Gastrostimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemopoietic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat 1 Duke, 1992 *