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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AESCULIN | 33 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| AESCULIN | 33 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Fruit | not available | 29.0 | -0.22 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| AMINOPURINE | 0 | Fruit | 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. |
| AMYGDALIN | 8 | Leaf | not available | 1500.0 | -0.71 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| APIGENIN | 101 | Bud | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN | 101 | 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. |
| APIGENIN | 101 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGETRIN | 0 | Bud | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGETRIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Fruit | not available | 85.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | not available | 1800.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Fruit | 29000.0 | 31800.0 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Fruit | not available | 5.4 | -0.14 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| BETA-PHENETHYLAMINE | 1 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PHENETHYLAMINE | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Flower | 6500.0 | 7800.0 | 0.93 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Leaf | 5100.0 | 6200.0 | 2.27 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Bud | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Proliferant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 5 | 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 | 1 | Ibewuike, J. C., Ogungbamila, F. O., Ogundaini, A. O., Okeke, I. N., Bohlin, L. 1997. Antiinflammatory and Antibacterial Activities of C-methylflavonol from Piliostigma thonningii. Phytotherapy Research, 11(4): 281-284. |
| 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. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Purgative | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Pyrogenic | 2 | Conradson, T. B. G., Dixon, C. M. S., Clarke, B., Barnes, P. J. 1987. Cardiovascular Effects of Infused Adenosine in Man: Potentiation by Dipyridamole. Acta Physiol Scand, 129(3): 387-391. |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 3 | Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216. |
| Radioprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Refrigerant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Renotoxic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Respirastimulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor | 1 | McKenna, D. J., Hughes, K., and Jones, K. 2000. Green Tea Monograph. Alternative Therapies, 6(3): 61-82. |
| Secretogogue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |