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Plant Elsholtzia pilosa (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Hairy Mint Shrub
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
(E)-OCIMENE 0 Shoot not available 16.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
1,5-P-MENTHADIEN-7-OL 0 Shoot not available 8.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Shoot not available 1000.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
4-PHENYLBUT-3-EN-2-OL 0 Shoot not available 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Shoot not available 7.6 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Shoot not available 10.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINOLENE 0 Shoot not available 1.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Shoot not available 44.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Shoot not available 1.4 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Shoot not available 4.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Shoot not available 34.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Shoot not available 0.1 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Shoot not available 12.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-VERBENOL 0 Shoot not available 4.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Shoot not available 2000.0 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Shoot not available 36.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Shoot not available 105.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
HUMULENE 2 Shoot not available 6.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Shoot not available 46.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Shoot not available 10.0 -0.33 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
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Acaricide 4 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 4 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.
Ancylostomicide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anesthetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Ankylostomacide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anthelmintic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 4 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiaggregant 1 Tramil, 42: 511.
Antiallergic 2 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialzheimeran? 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Antiarthritic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antiasthmatic 2 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis., 4:203, 1982.