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Plant Bupleurum chinense (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Chai-Hu
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
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 550.0 5000.0 1.30 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 0.6 5.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Root not available 0.1 -0.01 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Root 2.0 19.0 -0.91 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root 77.0 700.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Root 2640.0 24000.0 0.60 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Root 17600.0 160000.0 0.47 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAIKOGENIN-E 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAIKOGENIN-F 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAIKOGENIN-G 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAIKOSAPONIN-A 7 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAIKOSAPONIN-B 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAIKOSAPONIN-C 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAIKOSAPONIN-D 8 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Root 13.0 120.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Root 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
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitumor 2 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (brain) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 Rafatullah, S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, M.A., Mossa, J.S., and Ageel, A.M. 1989. Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity in Rats. J. of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 25-34, 1990.
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic 5 Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 2 Duke, 1992 *