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

Plant Cornus florida (Cornaceae)

Common Names
American Dogwood
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
ASH 0 Seed 36000.0 -0.36 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Bark 20000.0 2.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Bark 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 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 733000.0 0.83 *
FAT 0 Seed 24000.0 494000.0 1.20 *
FIBER 15 Seed 160000.0 0.20 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Bark *
INOSITOL 8 Flower *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Flower *
N-NONACOSANE 1 Flower *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 1500.0 -1.02 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 23000.0 390000.0 1.39 *
QUERCETIN 176 Flower *
RESIN 0 Bark *
SCYLLITOL 0 Flower *
TANNIN 35 Bark 30000.0 -0.97 *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Plant *
VERBENALIN 7 Bark *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Ovary) 2 (View) *
Antitumor (Skin) 1 (View) *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 (View) *
Antitumor-Promoter 5 (View) Yasukawa, K., Takido, M., Takeuchi, M., Sato, Y., Nitta, K., and Nakagawa, S. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Flavonol Glycosides on 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(3): 774-776, 1990.
Antiulcer 5 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiviral 6 (View) *
Anxiolytic 2 (View) *
Apoptotic 4 (View) *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Astringent 1 (View) Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 2 (View) Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Beta-Blocker 2 (View) *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Bradycardiac 1 (View) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchodilator 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 (View) *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Cancer-Preventive 6 (View) Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.