Plant Bupleurum chinense (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Chai-Hu

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
3-O-(ALPHA-L-ARABINOPYRANOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-OLEANOLIC	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADONITOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Root	not available	0.7	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	132.0	1200.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	7810.0	71000.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	4.0	36.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	2200.0	20000.0	1.38	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	13.0	16.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-22-STIGMASTENOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-7-STIGMASTENOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Root	2200.0	20000.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Root	not available	90000.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Root	not available	380000.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
GUM	0	Root	13200.0	120000.0	0.56	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	2.8	25.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hyperglycemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic	9	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	6	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	7	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant	1	Martindale's 29th
Insectifuge	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulinogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Laxative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.