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
Antimutagenic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antineuralgic	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antinitrosating	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiodontalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antioncychomycotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antionychyotic	1	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiotitic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antipeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipodagric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella	4	Duke, 1992 *