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Common Names
Cherry Birch
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-BETULENOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | not available | 77000.0 | -0.74 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| BETA-BETULENOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| BETULIN | 13 | Bark | not available | 500.0 | -0.34 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETULIN | 13 | Heart Wood | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETULINIC-ACID | 22 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETULOL | 0 | Bud | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | not available | 556000.0 | -0.44 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| EO | 0 | Bark | 2300.0 | 6000.0 | -0.44 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| EO | 0 | Bud | 40000.0 | 60000.0 | 1.28 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | not available | 86000.0 | 0.59 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | not available | 169000.0 | 0.09 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| METHYL-SALICYLATE | 21 | Bark | 2231.0 | 5988.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MONOTROPITOSIDE | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | 281000.0 | 0.69 | Jim Duke's personal files.* |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Plant | not available | 6000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLIC-ACID | 34 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiichthyosic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinflammatory | 5 | Recio, M., et al. 1994. Investigations on the Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Triterpenoids from Diospyros leucomelas*. Planta Medica, 61: 9. |
| Antileukemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimalarial | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimelanomic | 1 | New York Times, 3/28/95. |
| Antineuralgic | 1 | Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus. |
| Antinociceptive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiobesity | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antioncychomycotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antioxidant | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antiperiodic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiplasmodial | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipodagric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipsoriac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyretic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiradicular | 1 | O'Connell, M.J., Webster, N.R. 1989. Hyperoxia and salicylate metabolism in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 205-206, 1990. |
| Antirheumatalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antirheumatic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseborrheic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 2 | A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp. |