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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
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Rhizome not available 10000.0 -0.89 Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL 71 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL-HYDROQUINONE-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECADIEN-(1,11)-TETRAIN-(3,5,7,9) 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECADIEN-(3,5)-TRIIN-(7,9,11)-OL-(1)-ACETATE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECAEN-TETRAIN 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECAPENTAIN 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECATRIEN-(1,3,5)-TRIIN-(7,9,11) 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECEN-(1)-PENTAIN(3,5,7,9,11) 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIMETHYLAMINE 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL 3 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL-EPOXIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN 5 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 8 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypocholesterolemic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Hypoglycemic 3 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 3 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 6 Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Insecticide 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge 5 Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.