Plant Cananga odorata (Annonaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cananga; Ylang-Ylang

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
2-METHYL-BUT-3-EN-2-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUT-2-EN-1-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUT-3-EN-1-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETONE	3	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ACETATE	9	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-BENZOATE	17	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-SALICYLATE	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-ACETATE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADINENE	4	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CANANGINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CREOSOL	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-ALPHA-PINENE	0	Flower	15.0	135.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Flower	5000.0	25000.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
EPSILON-CADINENE	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
Acaricide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic	13	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	4	Merck 11th Edition
Anaphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antiacne	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	3	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Antiarachidonate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antiasthmatic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	10	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *