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Common Names
Hawthorn
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| CRATAEGUS-BIFLAVANOID-B-2 | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CRATAEGUS-BIFLAVANOID-B-5 | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CRATAEGUS-BIFLAVANOID-C-1 | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIMETHYL-AMINE | 2 | 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. |
| DOPAMINE | 20 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPICATECHIN | 40 | 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. |
| EPINEPHRINE | 11 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPINEPHRINE | 11 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCULIN | 29 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| ETHANOLAMINE | 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. |
| ETHYL-AMINE | 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. |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | not available | 39000.0 | -0.34 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | not available | 108000.0 | -0.32 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FLAVONOIDS | 0 | Shoot | 10000.0 | 20000.0 | -0.48 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| GUANINE | 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. |
| HYPEROSIDE | 30 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPEROSIDE | 30 | Branches | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPEROSIDE | 30 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Piscicide | 1 | 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 * |