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Common Names
Hawthorn; English Hawthorn; Whitethorn; Woodland Hawthorn
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUTIN | 87 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAPONINS | 5 | 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. |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Fruit | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | 15.0 | 55.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SORBITOL | 11 | 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. |
| SPIRAEOSIDE | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| STARCH | 5 | Fruit | 41850.0 | 180000.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUGAR | 0 | Fruit | not available | 350000.0 | 1.10 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| SUGARS | 0 | Fruit | 33480.0 | 120000.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNINS | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARTARIC-ACID | 6 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TARTARIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Fruit | 3.6 | 13.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-CRATAEGOLIC-ACID | 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. |
| TRIMETHYLAMINE | 1 | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| NO-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nodulation-Signal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Odontolytic | 1 | Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 7 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Oviposition-Stimulant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| P21-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pancreatogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Paralytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Parasympathomimetic | 2 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Perfumery | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Peristaltic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Peroxynitrite-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | 29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |