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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Elaeagnus angustifolia (Elaeagnaceae)

Common Names
Russian Olive; Silver Berry
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CATECHIN 43 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CATINCIN 0 Fruit Kusova, R. D., Kazakov, A. L., Luk'yanchikov, M. S. 1988. Phenolic Compounds From Fruit of Elaeagnus angustifolia. Chem. Nat. Comp. 24 3: 392-393. Pyatigorsk Farm Inst Pyatigorsk USSR.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DIHYDROHARMAN 0 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DIHYDROHARMAN 0 Plant Nikolaeva, A. G. 1970. Alkaloids of Elaeagnus angustifolia. Chem Nat Comp 6 5: 659-. Zaporozhie Med Inst Kaporozh USSR.
ELAEAGNINE 0 Plant *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EO 0 Flower 1000.0 -0.39 *
EO 0 Shoot Isaev, V. 1932. Essential Oils of the Flora of Tadshikistan. Acta Hortii Bot Tadshikistan 1932: 17-.
EPICATECHIN 40 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ETHYL-CINNAMATE 2 Flower 790.0 1.00 Hetherington, M and Steck, W. 1997. Natural chemicals from northern prairie plants - the phytochemical contents of one thousand North American species. 277 pp. Ag-West Biotech, Inc. Saskatoon, Canada. Fytokem Products, Saskatoon.
FAT 0 Seed 18000.0 263000.0 -0.01 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Root 0.5 -1.29 Wheller, C. T., Bond, G. 1970. The Amino Acids of Non-Legume Root Nodules. Phytochemistry 9: 705-708. Dept. Botany Univ. Glasgow Glasgow, Scotland.
HARMAN 7 Root Gill, S., Raszeja, W. 1971. Chromatographic Analysis of Harman Derivatives in Some Plant Raw Materials. Gdansk Tow Nauk Rozpr Wydz 1971 8: 137-143. Akad Med Gdansk Poland.
HARMAN 7 Root Bark Gill, S., Raszeja, W. 1973. Chromatographic Analysis of Harman Alkaloid Derivatives in Some Plant Raw Materials. Rozpr Wydz 3 Nauk Mat-Przyr Gdansk Tow Nauk 8: 137-. Acad Med Danzig Poland.
HARMAN 7 Shoot *
HARMINE 23 Root Gill, S., Raszeja, W. 1971. Chromatographic Analysis of Harman Derivatives in Some Plant Raw Materials. Gdansk Tow Nauk Rozpr Wydz 1971 8: 137-143. Akad Med Gdansk Poland.
HARMINE 23 Shoot Lutomski, J., Nowicka, B. 1968. Simple Carboline Alkaloids. VI. Comparative Chemical Evaluation of Alkaloid Fractions From Different Sources. Inst. Przem 14 4: 235-238. Poznan Poland.
HARMOL 1 Root Bark Gill, S., Raszeja, W. 1973. Chromatographic Analysis of Harman Alkaloid Derivatives in Some Plant Raw Materials. Rozpr Wydz 3 Nauk Mat-Przyr Gdansk Tow Nauk 8: 137-. Acad Med Danzig Poland.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Abortifacient 2 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 7 *
Allelochemic 4 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 2 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 4 *
Anabolic 1 *
Analgesic 6 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 *
Anthelmintic 1 UNESCO. 1960. Medicinal Plants of the Arid Zones. eds.(botany) I.C. Chopra, B.K. Abrol and K.L. Hands; eds (pharmacology), R. Paris and G. Dillemann UNESCO, Place de Fontenoy, Paris 7E. 96 pp.
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaflatoxin 3 *
AntiAGE 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.