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Plant Centaurium erythraea (Gentianaceae)

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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperlipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihyperthyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antiischemic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiLegionella 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 2 Merck 11th Edition