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Common Names
Bitter Grass; Dog's Grass; Mexican Calea
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-ALPHA-ACETOXYZACATECHINOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-ALPHA-HYDROXYACETOXYZACATECHINOLIDE-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-ALPHA-HYDROXYZACATECHINOLIDE-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-OXOZACATECHINOLIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETYLENES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALEINS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALEOCHROMENE-A | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALEOCHROMENE-B | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBONIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLORHYDRIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERMACROLIDES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORIC-ACID | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POLYACETYLENES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLIC-ACID | 34 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCCINIC-ACID | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFURIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiseborrheic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 1 | A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp. |
| Antitumor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitympanitic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Bruchiphobe | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Cancer-Preventive | 2 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Comedolytic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 1 | Newmark, T. M. and Schulick, P. 2000. Herbal Cox-2 Inhibition - Nature's Challenge to Arthritis, Cancer & Alzheimer's Disease. Hohm Press, Prescott AZ. |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dermatitigenic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Dye | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| FLavor | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypoglycemic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 158. |
| Insectifuge | 1 | Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994. |
| Keratolytic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Perfumery | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Pesticide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sequestrant | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Thermogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |