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Plant Cornus florida (Cornaceae)

Common Names
American Dogwood
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ASH 0 Seed not available 36000.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Bark not available 20000.0 2.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Bark not available 20000.0 2.00 Pavannasasivam, G., & M.U.S. Sultanbawa. 1974. Betulinic acid in the Dilleniaceae and a review of its natural distribution. Phytochem. 13:2002-2006.
CALCIUM 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed not available 733000.0 0.83 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 24000.0 494000.0 1.20 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed not available 160000.0 0.20 Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INOSITOL 8 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONACOSANE 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed not available 1500.0 -1.02 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 23000.0 390000.0 1.39 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCYLLITOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Bark not available 30000.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VERBENALIN 7 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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