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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Eriodictyon californicum (Hydrophyllaceae)

Common Names
Yerba Santa; California Yerba Santa; Hierba Santa; Mountain Balm; Bear's Weed; Consumptive's Weed; Tarweed; Gum Bush; Holy Herb
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
HESPERETIN 8 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
HISPIDULIN 7 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
HISPIDULIN 7 Shoot 62.5 -1.00 *
HOMOERIDICTYOL 0 Leaf 42000.0 128000.0 *
HOMOERIODICTYOL 3 Bark *
HOMOERIODICTYOL 3 Leaf 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.
HOMOERIODICTYOL 3 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
HOMOERIODICTYOL 3 Shoot 4250.0 *
IRON 6 Leaf 24.0 110.0 -0.64 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Leaf 39000.0 1.73 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 2156.0 9800.0 2.19 *
MANGANESE 14 Leaf 20.0 91.0 -0.31 *
N-PENTATRIACONTANE 0 Bark *
N-PENTATRIACONTANE 0 Shoot *
N-TRIACONTANE 0 Bark *
N-TRIACONTANE 0 Shoot *
NARINGENIN-4'-METHYL-ETHER 0 Shoot 7.5 *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 15.0 70.0 -0.33 *
PENTATRIACONTANE 1 Resin, Exudate, Sap Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
PERSICOGENIN 0 Leaf 36000.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistaphylococcic 1 *
Antistomatitic 2 *
Antistress 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 2 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
Antisyncopic 1 *
Antisyndrome-X 6 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
Antithrombic 1 *
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitonsilitic 1 *
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitumor 6 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (brain) 2 *
Antitumor (Breast) 3 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 3 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (Kidney) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Lung) 4 *