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Plant Betula sp. (Betulaceae)

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-YLANGENE 0 Shoot 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.
BETULIN 13 Bark 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.
GUAIACOL 18 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.
SAKURANETIN 4 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.

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Anesthetic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anesthetic) Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anthelmintic) Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 3 (View Chemicals list for Antibacterial) Valnet, J. 1982. The Practice of Aromatherapy. Translated from the 1980 French Edition by Robin Campbell and Libby Houston. Destiny Books, New York. 279 pp.
Anticancer 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticarcinomic 2 (View Chemicals list for Anticarcinomic) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidermatitic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antidermatitic) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antieczemic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antieczemic) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiedemic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiedemic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiesophagitic) Martindale's 29th
Antifeedant 1 (View Chemicals list for Antifeedant) Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiflu) Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 2 (View Chemicals list for AntiHIV) Kashiwada, Y., et. al. 1998. Anti-AIDS Agents. 30. Anti-HIV Activity of Oleanolic Acid, Pomolic Acid, and Structurally Related Triterpenoids. J. Nat. Prod., 61 (9): 1090-1095.
Antiinflammatory 2 (View Chemicals list for Antiinflammatory) Recio, M., et al. 1994. Investigations on the Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Triterpenoids from Diospyros leucomelas*. Planta Medica, 61: 9.
Antileukemic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antileukemic) Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 1 (View Chemicals list for Antimalarial) Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antimelanomic) New York Times, 3/28/95.
Antinociceptive 1 (View Chemicals list for Antinociceptive) Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiplasmodial) Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 2 (View Chemicals list for Antiseptic) Martindale's 29th
Antituberculic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antituberculic) Duke, 1992 *