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Plant Bidens pilosa (Asteraceae)

How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
1-PHENYL-HEPTA-1-3-5-TRIYNE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
2-O-CAFFEOYL-2-C-METHYL-D-ERYTHRONIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available 7.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-O-CAFFEOYL-2-C-METHYL-D-ERYTHRONO-1-4-LACTONE 0 Leaf not available 15.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
7-PHENYL-HEPTA-2-4-6-TRIYNE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-CADINOL 3 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 110000.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Plant not available 307.5 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 730000.0 3.94 Jim Duke's personal files.
BORNEOL 35 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 20000.0 -0.41 Jim Duke's personal files.
CAPRIC-ACID 3 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Plant not available 450.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
ELAIDIC-ACID 2 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ESCULETIN 30 Plant not available 300.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
FRIEDELAN-3-BETA-OL 2 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
FRIEDELIN 2 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
GERMACRENE-D 2 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 730000.0 1.73 Jim Duke's personal files.
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf not available 12.0 -0.46 Jim Duke's personal files.
L-INOSITOL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LAURIC-ACID 7 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 100000.0 -0.24 Jim Duke's personal files.
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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
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiinflammatory 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 1 Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimite 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinociceptive 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiotitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxalate 1 Duke, 1992 *