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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Betula lenta (Betulaceae)

Common Names
Cherry Birch
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-BETULENOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ASH 0 Leaf 77000.0 -0.74 Jim Duke's personal files.*
BETA-BETULENOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
BETULIN 13 Bark 500.0 -0.34 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULIN 13 Heart Wood Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULOL 0 Bud List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 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 86000.0 0.59 Jim Duke's personal files.*
FIBER 15 Leaf 169000.0 0.09 Jim Duke's personal files.*
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Bark 2231.0 5988.0 *
MONOTROPITOSIDE 0 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 281000.0 0.69 Jim Duke's personal files.*
SALICYLATES 7 Plant 6000.0 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
FLavor 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 2 *
Herpetifuge 1 *
Hyperglycemic 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.
Hypocholesterolemic 1 *
Hypoglycemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 158.
Hypolipemic 1 *
Hypotensive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypouricemic 1 *
Insectifuge 2 Hardie, J., Isaacs, R., Pickett,* J.A., Wadhams, L.J., and Woodcock, C.M. 1994. Methyl Salicylate and (-)-(1R,5S)-Myrtenal are Plant-Derived Repellents for Black Bean Aphid, Aphis Fabae Scop. (Homoptera: Aphididae). J. of Chemical Ecology, 20(11):2847.
Insectiphile 1 *
Keratolytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 1 *
Perfumery 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 2 *
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 Huang, C., Tunon, H., Bohlin, L. 1995. Anti-Inflammatory Compounds Isolated from Menyanthes trifoliata L. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 30(8): 621-626.
Thermogenic 1 *
Tineacide 1 Martindale's 29th
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 *