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Plant Elaeagnus angustifolia (Elaeagnaceae)

Common Names
Russian Olive; Silver Berry
How this plant is used
Food
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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
HARMOL 1 Shoot not available not available not available 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: 137-143. Akad Med Danzig Poland.
ISORHAMNETIN 11 Fruit not available not available not available 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.
ISORHAMNETIN 11 Plant not available not available not available 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.
ISORHAMNETIN-3-O-GALACTOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available 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.
ISORHAMNETIN-3-O-GLUCOSYLGALACTOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available 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.
KAEMPFEROL 75 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.
N(B)-METHYL-TETRAHYDROHARMOL 0 Bark 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.
N-METHYL-TETRAHYDROHARMOL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 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.
OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Seed 13570.0 15365.0 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.
OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 3170.0 -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.
OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 6085.0 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.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Bark not available 2140.0 1.00 Zhong, J. F., Jin, J. H., Li, X. P. 1991. Determination of Oleanolic Acid in Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) by TLC-Scanning. Chung Ts'ao Yao 22 3: 398-399. Gansu Inst New Med Pharm Sci Lanzhou 730050 China.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Plant not available not available not available 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.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 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.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed not available 1145.0 -0.68 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.
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed not available 495.0 -0.29 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.
PROTEIN 0 Seed 92000.0 420000.0 1.66 Duke, 1992 *
QUEBRACHITOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor-Promoter 5 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antiulcer 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiviral 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Aphrodisiac 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Apoptotic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 2 Merck 11th Edition
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.