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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
Gastroprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Gram(+)icide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 5 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypotensive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 11 Duke, 1992 *
Insectiphile 1 J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Irritant 9 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Larvicide 2 Berenbaum, M. R., The natives knew, Chemtech, (May), 1990, 275-279.
Laxative 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Molluscicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 3 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Nematicide 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neurotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *