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Plant Crataegus laevigata (Rosaceae)

Common Names
Hawthorn; English Hawthorn; Whitethorn; Woodland Hawthorn
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
VITEXIN-4',7-DI-D-GLUCOSIDE 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.
VITEXIN-4',7-DI-D-GLUCOSIDE 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.
VITEXIN-4',L-RHAMNO-D-GLUCOSIDE 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.
VITEXIN-4',L-RHAMNO-D-GLUCOSIDE 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.
VITEXIN-4'-L-RHAMNOSIDE 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.
VITEXIN-4'-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN-4'-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN-4'-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Branches not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN-4'-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN-4'-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
VITEXIN-4'-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VITEXIN-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Schussler, M., Fricke, U., Nikolov, N., and Holzl, J. 1991. Comparison of the Flavonoids Occurring in Crataegus species and Inhibition of 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Phosphodiesterase. Plant Medica 57: Suppl Issue 2. p.A-133.
WATER 0 Fruit not available 721000.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Piscicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Proliferant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Protease-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
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.