Plant Chimaphila umbellata (Ericaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

King's Cure, Pipsissewa

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(-)-EPICATECHIN-GALLATE	2	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,7-DIMETHYL-1,4-NAPTHOQUINONE	0	Plant	not available	2000.0	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ARBUTIN	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARBUTIN	15	Plant	not available	75000.0	0.24	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ARBUTIN	15	Shoot	73000.0	76000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AVICULARIN	7	Plant	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.
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Plant	2100.0	2125.0	1.00	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	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.
CHIMAPHILIN	4	Plant	not available	2000.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EPICATECHIN-GALLATE	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
GUM	0	Plant	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.
HENTRIACONTANE	0	Plant	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.
HOMOGENTISIC-ACID-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	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.
HYPEROSIDE	30	Plant	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.
ISOHOMOARBUTIN	0	Plant	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.
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	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.
METHYL-SALICYLATE	21	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
NONACOSANE	2	Plant	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.
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RENIFOLIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for 11B-HSD-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor)	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1 (View Chemicals list for Abortifacient)	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1 (View Chemicals list for Absorbent)	Martindale's 29th
Acetyl-CoA-Carboxylase-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for Acetyl-CoA-Carboxylase-Inhibitor)	McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	3 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic	2 (View Chemicals list for Allelochemic)	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.
Allergenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Allergenic)	Martindale's 28th
Analgesic	4 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic)	Duke, 1992 *
Anaphrodisiac	1 (View Chemicals list for Anaphrodisiac)	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Androgenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Angiogenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anorexic)	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anthelmintic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadenomic)	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiaflatoxin)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiaggregant)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiaging)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	2 (View Chemicals list for Antiallergic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	1 (View Chemicals list for Antialzheimeran)	Ringbom, T., Seguar, L., Noreen, Y., Perera, P., Bohlin, L. 1998. Ursolic Acid from Plantago major, a Selective Inhibitor of Cyclooxygenase-2 Catalyzed Prostaglandin Biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 61(10): 1212-1215.