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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
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
LUPEOL 21 Plant 50.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
LUPEOL-ACETATE 2 Plant 60.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
OKANIN-3'-4'-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower 100.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
OKANIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower 1020.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
OKANIN-3'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf 84.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
OKANIN-4'-(6'-O-ACETYL)-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower 120.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
OKANIN-4'-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower 460.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
OKANIN-4'-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower 200.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
OKANIN-4'-O-BETA-D-(2'-4'-6'-TRIACETYL)-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf 176.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
OKANIN-4'-O-BETA-D-(2'-4'-DIACETYL-6'-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL)-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
OKANIN-4'-O-BETA-D-(3'-4'-DIACETYL-6'-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL)-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
OKANIN-4'-O-BETA-D-(4'-ACETYL-6'-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL)-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
OKANIN-4'-O-BETA-D-(6'-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL)-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf 21.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
OKANIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Leaf 6.5 Jim Duke's personal files.
OKANIN-4-METHYL-ETHER-3'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf 46.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
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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 *