Plant Centaurium erythraea (Gentianaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Centaury

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMAROGENTIN	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CENTAPICRIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CEROTIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CERYL-ALCOHOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CRATAEGOLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERYTHRODIOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERYTHROSTEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOIDS	0	Plant	not available	4000.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIANIDINE	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIANINE	24	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIOFLAVINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIOFLAVONIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIOPICRIN	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTIOPICROSIDE	4	Plant	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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelopathic	4	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	3	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaggregant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	2	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antialopecic	3	Duke, 1992 *