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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
Myorelaxant 3 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Nematicide 5 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NO-Genic 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Ovulant 1 *
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P450-Inducer 1 *
Perfumery 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 11 *
Pheromone 1 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Propecic 2 *
Sedative 3 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen 2 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Bernard, F. X., Sable, S., Cameron, B., Provost, J., Desnottes, J. F., Crouzet, J., Blanche, F. 1997. Glycosylated Flavones as Selective Inhibitors of Topoisomerase IV. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 41: 992-998.
Tranquilizer 1 *