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Common Names
Akgiritotu; Burning Bush; Dittany; Gas Plant; Gazelotu
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| METHYL-CHAVICOL | 6 | Shoot | not available | 605.0 | 0.61 | Baser, K.H.C., Kosar, M.Malyer, H. & Ozek, T. 1994. The Essential Oil Composition of Dictamnus albus from Turkey. Planta Med. 60:481-2 |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 44 | Shoot | not available | 0.7 | -0.34 | Baser, K.H.C., Kosar, M.Malyer, H. & Ozek, T. 1994. The Essential Oil Composition of Dictamnus albus from Turkey. Planta Med. 60:481-2 |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Shoot | not available | 1.0 | -0.34 | Baser, K.H.C., Kosar, M.Malyer, H. & Ozek, T. 1994. The Essential Oil Composition of Dictamnus albus from Turkey. Planta Med. 60:481-2 |
| MYRICETIN | 34 | 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. |
| NONANAL | 0 | Shoot | not available | 4.0 | -0.42 | Baser, K.H.C., Kosar, M.Malyer, H. & Ozek, T. 1994. The Essential Oil Composition of Dictamnus albus from Turkey. Planta Med. 60:481-2 |
| NONANAL | 0 | Shoot | not available | 11.0 | 0.65 | Baser, K.H.C., Kosar, M.Malyer, H. & Ozek, T. 1994. The Essential Oil Composition of Dictamnus albus from Turkey. Planta Med. 60:481-2 |
| OBACULACTONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| OBACUNONE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| P-CYMOL | 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. |
| PHENOLCARBONIC-ACID | 0 | Root | 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. |
| PREGEIJERENE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 0.7 | -1.41 | Baser, K.H.C., Kosar, M.Malyer, H. & Ozek, T. 1994. The Essential Oil Composition of Dictamnus albus from Turkey. Planta Med. 60:481-2 |
| PREGEIJERENE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 3.0 | 0.71 | Baser, K.H.C., Kosar, M.Malyer, H. & Ozek, T. 1994. The Essential Oil Composition of Dictamnus albus from Turkey. Planta Med. 60:481-2 |
| PREGEIJERENE | 0 | Shoot | 0.7 | 3.0 | 0.71 | Baser, K.H.C., Kosar, M.Malyer, H. & Ozek, T. 1994. The Essential Oil Composition of Dictamnus albus from Turkey. Planta Med. 60:481-2 |
| PRESKIMMIANINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| PSORALEN | 31 | 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. |
| RUTIN | 87 | 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. |
| SAPONIN | 0 | Root | 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. |
| SKIMMIANINE | 21 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Shoot | not available | 3.0 | -0.17 | Baser, K.H.C., Kosar, M.Malyer, H. & Ozek, T. 1994. The Essential Oil Composition of Dictamnus albus from Turkey. Planta Med. 60:481-2 |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 5-HT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Abortifacient | 2 | Pei-Gen, X., and Nai-Gong, W. Can ethnopharmacology contribute to the development of anti-fertility drugs? Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 32: 167-177, 1991. |
| Acaricide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AChE-Inhibitor | 1 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Adrenostimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 5 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Allelochemic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allelopathic | 3 | Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands. |
| Allergenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analgesic | 2 | Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991. |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anesthetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anthelmintic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiacetylcholinesterase | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |