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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae)

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
1-PHENYL-HEPTA-1-3-5-TRIYNE 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
2-O-CAFFEOYL-2-C-METHYL-D-ERYTHRONIC-ACID 0 Leaf 7.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-CAFFEOYL-2-C-METHYL-D-ERYTHRONO-1-4-LACTONE 0 Leaf 15.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
7-PHENYL-HEPTA-2-4-6-TRIYNE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-CADINOL 3 Leaf Essent. Oil 110000.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Plant 307.5 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 730000.0 3.94 Jim Duke's personal files.
BORNEOL 35 Leaf Essent. Oil 20000.0 -0.41 Jim Duke's personal files.
CAPRIC-ACID 3 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Plant 450.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
ELAIDIC-ACID 2 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
ESCULETIN 30 Plant 300.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
FRIEDELAN-3-BETA-OL 2 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
FRIEDELIN 2 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
GERMACRENE-D 2 Leaf Essent. Oil 730000.0 1.73 Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf 12.0 -0.46 Jim Duke's personal files.
L-INOSITOL 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
LAURIC-ACID 7 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil 100000.0 -0.24 Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Acaricide 2 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic 2 *
Allergenic 1 *
Analgesic 3 *
Antiacetylcholine 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.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 *
Antiacne 1 *
Antiadenomic 1 *
Antialopecic 2 *
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 2 *
Antiangiogenic 1 *