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Plant Centaurea cyanus (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Cornflower, Bachelor's Button
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ACETIC-ACID 16 Flower not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALUMINUM 5 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-4'-O-(6-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE)-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
APIIN 4 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
APIIN 4 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ARNIDIOL 1 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
C-GLYCOSYL-FLAVONE-7-O-METHYL-VITEXIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Wealth of India.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CENTAUR-X 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
CENTAUR-X 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CENTAUR-X-1 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CENTAUR-X-3 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CENTAUR-Y 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
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