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Plant Crataegus laevigata (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Hawthorn; English Hawthorn; Whitethorn; Woodland Hawthorn
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
LEAD 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOANTHOCYANIDIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
LIPASE 0 Seed not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LUPEOL 21 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Bud not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Fruit not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
LUTEOLIN 78 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-3',7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Bud not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-3',7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 262.0 940.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 0.4 1.4 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
MASLINIC-ACID 6 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOATEGOLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
NEOTEGOLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
NIACIN 39 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONACOSAN-10-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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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
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 22 Duke, 1992 *
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibradiquinic 1 Fitoterapia No.61: 277, 1990.
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 5 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 4 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.