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Plant Cannabis sativa (Cannabaceae)

Common Names
Marijuana; Marihuana; Indian Hemp; Hemp
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Subspecies Author
(LAM.) E. SMALL & CRONQUIST
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Flower Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Plant not available not available not available Turner, C. E., El Sohly, M. A., Boeren, E. G. 1980. Constituents of Cannabis sativa L. XVII. A Review of the Natural Constituents. J Natural Products, 432: 169-234.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.0 0.1 -0.43 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BISABOLENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Plant not available not available not available Turner, C. E., El Sohly, M. A., Boeren, E. G. 1980. Constituents of Cannabis sativa L. XVII. A Review of the Natural Constituents. J Natural Products, 432: 169-234.
BORNEOL 35 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Turner, C. E., El Sohly, M. A., Boeren, E. G. 1980. Constituents of Cannabis sativa L. XVII. A Review of the Natural Constituents. J Natural Products, 432: 169-234.
CADAVERINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Turner, C. E., El Sohly, M. A., Boeren, E. G. 1980. Constituents of Cannabis sativa L. XVII. A Review of the Natural Constituents. J Natural Products, 432: 169-234.
CALAMENENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Turner, C. E., El Sohly, M. A., Boeren, E. G. 1980. Constituents of Cannabis sativa L. XVII. A Review of the Natural Constituents. J Natural Products, 432: 169-234.
CALCIUM 28 Seed 1200.0 1389.0 -0.51 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM-OXIDE 0 Seed 10875.0 16785.0 1.39 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPEST-4-EN-3-ONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Turner, C. E., El Sohly, M. A., Boeren, E. G. 1980. Constituents of Cannabis sativa L. XVII. A Review of the Natural Constituents. J Natural Products, 432: 169-234.
CAMPEST-4-EN-3-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL-7-ONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Turner, C. E., El Sohly, M. A., Boeren, E. G. 1980. Constituents of Cannabis sativa L. XVII. A Review of the Natural Constituents. J Natural Products, 432: 169-234.
CAMPEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL-7-ONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTANOL 0 Seed 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
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antispastic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistaphylococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisyndrome-X 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
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antituberculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 4 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *