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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Centaurea cyanus (Asteraceae)

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

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ACETIC-ACID 16 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALUMINUM 5 Flower *
APIGENIN 101 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-4'-O-(6-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE)-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 0 Flower *
APIGENIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
APIGENIN-4'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 0 Flower *
APIGENIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
APIIN 4 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
APIIN 4 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
ARNIDIOL 1 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
C-GLYCOSYL-FLAVONE-7-O-METHYL-VITEXIN 0 Flower Wealth of India.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
CENTAUR-X 0 Plant Wealth of India.
CENTAUR-X 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
CENTAUR-X-1 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
CENTAUR-X-3 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
CENTAUR-Y 0 Plant Wealth of India.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 13 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic 4 (View) 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.
Allelopathic 4 (View) Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 5 (View) Martindale's 28th
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 6 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 2 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiADD 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenergic 1 (View) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 4 (View) *