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Plant Drimys winteri (Winteraceae)

Common Names
Winter's Bark
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Wood 353000.0 366000.0 -1.47 Duke, 1992 *
CINEOLE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CONFERTIFOLIN 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOMERIDOL 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROQUERCETIN 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DRIMENOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DRIMINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DRIMOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Bark not available 10000.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUEGINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FURTONOLIDE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEMICELLULOSE 0 Wood 353000.0 366000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOTADEONAL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-3-BETA-ACETOXYDRIMENIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-PINENE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN 13 Wood 277000.0 279000.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL 18 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
AntiTNF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitonsilitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 5 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 2 Yasukawa, K., Takido, M., Takeuchi, M., Sato, Y., Nitta, K., and Nakagawa, S. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Flavonol Glycosides on 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(3): 774-776, 1990.
Antiulcer 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 5 Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Astringent 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.