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Plant Commiphora wightii (Burseraceae)

Common Names
Guggul; Indian Bdellium-Tree
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
(+)-SESAMIN 0 Inflorescence not available 60.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
10-BETA-HYDROXY-PREGN-4-EN-3-ONE 0 Gum not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
16-ALPHA-HYDROXY-PREGN-4-EN-3-ONE 0 Gum not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
20(R)-HYDROXY-PREGN-4-EN-3-ONE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
20(S)-HYDROXY-PREGN-4-EN-3-ONE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
20-ALPHA-HYDROXY-PREGN-4-EN-3-ONE 0 Gum not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-PROPANOIC-ACID-DOCOSANE-1-2-3-4-TETRAOL-1-YL-ESTER 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-PROPANOIC-ACID-EICOSANE-1-2-3-4-TETRAOL-1-YL-ESTER 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-PROPANOIC-ACID-HENEICOSANE-1-2-3-4-TETRAOL-1-YL-ESTER 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-PROPANOIC-ACID-HEPTADECANE-1-2-3-4-TETRAOL-1-YL-ESTER 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-PROPANOIC-ACID-HEXADECANE-1-2-3-4-TETRAOL-1-YL-ESTER 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-PROPANOIC-ACID-NONADECANE-1-2-3-4-TETRAOL-1-YL-ESTER 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
3-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-PROPANOIC-ACID-OCTADECANE-1-2-3-4-TETRAOL-1-YL-ESTER 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALLO-CEMBROL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALLYL-CEMBROL 0 Shoot not available 2620.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALUMINUM 5 Inflorescence not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
AMINO-ACIDS 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM 28 Inflorescence not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CEMBRENE-A 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 400.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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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
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilipoperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimelanomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenopausal 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antimyocarditic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antineoplastic 1 Duke, 1992 *