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Plant Conium maculatum (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Poison Hemlock; Hemlock; Spotted Hemlock; Fool's Parsley; Carrot Fern; Spotted Parsley
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
ALPHA-CONHYRDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARABINO-4-O-METHYLGLUCURONOXYLAN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE 0 Plant not available 7000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CONHYDRINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CONIINE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CONIINE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Roberts, M. F. 1980. An Alkaloid from Conium maculatum. Planta Medica, 39: 216.
CONIINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CONIINE 2 Stem not available not available not available Sadykov, Y. D., Khodzhimatov, M. 1983. Alkaloids of Conium maculatum L. Dokl Akad Nauk Tadzh SSR, 268: 511-515.
DIOSMIN 34 Plant 30000.0 40000.0 0.16 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant not available 10000.0 0.02 Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-PIPERIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FALCARINOL-ONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FALCARINONE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 116000.0 179000.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CONICEINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN 13 Plant not available 320000.0 1.32 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CONIINE 0 Leaf not available 140.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-ACETYL-(+)-CONIINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antistaphylococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antisunburn 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithromboxane 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitumor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 2 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antiulcer 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiviral 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Autotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 2 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.