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Plant Chrysanthemum balsamita (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Balsamite; Costmary
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant not available 600.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
ISOBORNEOL 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-CAMPHOR 0 Plant 456.0 546.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
L-CARVONE 6 Plant 420.0 480.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 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
Antilymphomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinephritic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antinociceptive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiotitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipharyngitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antirheumatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antisinusitic 1 Duke, 1992 *