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
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.
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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.