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Plant Conyza canadensis (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Butterweed; Hogweed; Horseweed
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
ALPHA-SPINOSTEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRAL 53 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLAL 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-LIMONENE 19 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIPENTENE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DL-TERPINEOL 0 Plant 437.0 673.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant 2600.0 6000.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MATRICARIA-METHYL-ESTER 0 Plant 520.0 1200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIC-ACID 41 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINYL-ACETATE 5 Plant 154.0 238.0 0.85 Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelopathic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *