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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Bud *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Flower *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Tissue Culture *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Bud *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Flower *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Fruit *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Shoot *
2,,3,3',4,4',5,7-HEPTAHYDROXYFLAVANBIOSIDE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2-ALPHA-HYDROXY-OLEANOLIC-ACID 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
2-PHENYLCHROMONE 0 Flower *
5-HYDROXY-INDOLE-ACETIC-ACID 0 Shoot *
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Shoot *
ACANTOLIC-ACID 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ACANTOLIC-ACID 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Piscicide 2 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 *
Potassium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Priapistic 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Progestational 1 *
Proliferant 2 *
Prooxidant 3 *
Propecic 6 *
Prostaglandigenic 1 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 *
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor 1 *
Protease-Inhibitor 2 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 4 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 2 Chemical Express, 7: 285, 1992.