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Plant Boronia megastigma (Rutaceae)

Common Names
Scented Boronia
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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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
BETA-IONONE 13 Flower 3800.0 7600.0 1.73 Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-ALPHA-IONONE 0 Flower not available 200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
D-L-ALPHA-IONONE 0 Flower not available 200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Flower 4000.0 8000.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL 24 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-FORMATE 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTACOSANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENOLS 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTANE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antiulcer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Astringent 1 Merck 11th Edition
Calcium-Antagonist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 2 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Carminative 1 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Choleretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 2 Martindale's 28th
Corrosive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Counterirritant 1 Merck 11th Edition
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytotoxic 1 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Dermatitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.