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Plant Daphne genkwa (Thymelaeaceae)

Common Names
Yuan Hua
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
3'-HYDROXYGENKWANIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENKWADAPHNIN 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENKWANIN 3 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENKWANIN-5-GLYCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYGENKWANIN 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL3-O-BETA-D-(6'-P-COUMAROYL)GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-METHYL-ETHER 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
YUANHUACINE 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
YUANHUADINE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
YUANHUAFINE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
YUANHUAPINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
YUANHUATINE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
YUENKANIN 0 Root not available 9000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 4 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993.
Allergenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiADD 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 5 Recio, M. C., Rios, J. L., and Villar, A., A review of some antimicrobial compounds isolated from medicinal plants reported in the literature 1978-1988, Phytotherapy Research, 3(4), 1989, 117-125.