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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Conyza canadensis (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Butterweed, Hogweed, Horseweed
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
ALPHA-SPINOSTEROL 0 Plant *
APIGENIN 101 Plant *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CITRAL 53 Plant *
CITRONELLAL 20 Plant *
D-LIMONENE 19 Essential Oil *
DIPENTENE 7 Plant *
DL-TERPINEOL 0 Plant 437.0 673.0 *
EO 0 Plant 2600.0 6000.0 -0.28 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Leaf *
LINALOL 0 Plant *
MATRICARIA-METHYL-ESTER 0 Plant 520.0 1200.0 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Plant *
TANNIC-ACID 41 Leaf *
TANNIN 35 Plant *
TERPINYL-ACETATE 5 Plant 154.0 238.0 0.85 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) 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 (View) *
Allergenic 5 (View) *
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 (View) *
AntiADD 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadenovirus 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antiaggregant 2 (View) *
Antiaging 2 (View) *