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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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Bud not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CATECHIN 30 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.
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Bud not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 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.
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,,3,3',4,4',5,7-HEPTAHYDROXYFLAVANBIOSIDE 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.
2-ALPHA-HYDROXY-OLEANOLIC-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.
2-PHENYLCHROMONE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXY-INDOLE-ACETIC-ACID 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACANTOLIC-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.
ACANTOLIC-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.
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 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.
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 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.
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiencephalopathic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiendotoxic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antienteritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiexudative 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 8 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 Duke, 1992 *