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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 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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List of plant activities.
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Candidicide 3 (View Chemicals list for Candidicide) Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 1 (View Chemicals list for Capillariprotective) Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 4 (View Chemicals list for Carcinogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective 2 (View Chemicals list for Cardioprotective) Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 1 (View Chemicals list for Cardiotonic) Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 1 (View Chemicals list for Catabolic) Duke, 1992 *
Cathartic 1 (View Chemicals list for Cathartic) Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Chelator 1 (View Chemicals list for Chelator) Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 3 (View Chemicals list for Choleretic) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cholesterolytic 1 (View Chemicals list for Cholesterolytic) Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant 1 (View Chemicals list for CNS-Depressant) Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant 1 (View Chemicals list for CNS-Stimulant) Duke, 1992 *
Coagulant 1 (View Chemicals list for Coagulant) Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for COMT-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Copper-Chelator 2 (View Chemicals list for Copper-Chelator) Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 3 (View Chemicals list for COX-2-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 5 (View Chemicals list for Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 5 (View Chemicals list for Cytotoxic) Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for Deiodinase-Inhibitor) Jim Duke's personal files.