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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Cistus ladaniferus (Cistaceae)

Common Names
Ambreine; Gum Cistus; Labdanum; Rockrose
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
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf 16.0 1120.0 0.53 *
PARAFFIN 4 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
PHENOLS 0 Leaf 10.0 700.0 -0.44 *
SABINENE 5 Leaf 10.0 700.0 0.18 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf 1.0 70.0 -0.30 *
TRANS-2-HEXEN-1-OL 0 Leaf 45.0 3150.0 1.00 *
TRANS-CITRAL 0 Essential Oil *
VIRIDIFLOROL 1 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Candidistat 1 *
Carcinogenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Carminative 1 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Chemopreventive 3 *
Choleretic 3 *
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Cicatrizant 1 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 3 *
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Coleoptophile 1 *
Convulsant 1 *
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 2 Martindale's 29th
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytotoxic 1 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.