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Plant Atractylodes lancea (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Cang Zhu
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
2-FURALDEHYDE 3 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-ACETOXYATRACTYLON 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-HYDROXYATRACTRYLON 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLATRACTYLODINOL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ATRACTYLODIN 4 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ATRACTYLODINOL 1 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ATRACTYLON 7 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Rhizome not available 11300.0 0.95 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Rhizome not available 12.0 0.33 Duke, 1992 *
ELEMOL 2 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Rhizome 50000.0 90000.0 0.65 Duke, 1992 *
FURFURAL 6 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HINESOL 3 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Rhizome not available 290.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
L-ALPHA-BISABOLOL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Rhizome not available 790.0 -0.88 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Rhizome not available 39.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Rhizome not available 6210.0 -0.75 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
FLavor 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 3 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 210.
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Immunomodulator 3 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
Insecticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insulinogenic 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Irritant 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Juvabional 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvicide 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Laxative 2 Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Litholytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic 1 Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990.
Myorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.