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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
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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
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 4210.0 4870.0 0.01 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 207000.0 250600.0 1.23 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 22000.0 26850.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM-OXIDE 0 Seed 2620.0 4050.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
MUSCARINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTYL-AMINE 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.
NIACIN 39 Seed 21.0 24.0 -0.57 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 44400.0 53700.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
ORIENTIN 4 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
OXYPROLINE 0 Seed not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
P-ETHYL-BENZYL-ACETATE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-ETHYL-BENZYL-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.
P-ETHYLBENZALDEHYDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-ETHYLBENZALDEHYDE 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.
PHENYLALANINE 7 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.
PHOSPHOROUS-OXIDE 0 Seed 16770.0 25885.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 9700.0 11227.0 1.55 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
POTASSIUM-OXIDE 0 Seed 9290.0 14440.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PROPYL-CANNABICHROMENE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPYL-CANNABIDIOL 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hallucinogenic 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Hepatoprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 2 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.
Hypnotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 8 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 5 Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inhalant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insect-Repellent 3 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 6 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.