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Plant 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.
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
CHRYSOERIOL 7 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CHRYSOERIOL 7 Shoot not available 106.0 1.69 Duke, 1992 *
CIRSIMARITIN 9 Shoot not available 106.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CIRSIMARITRIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
COBALT 2 Leaf 3.0 14.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
DIOSMETIN 13 Leaf not available 114000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ERIODICTYOL 10 Bark not available 2300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ERIODICTYOL 10 Leaf 2300.0 6000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ERIODICTYOL 10 Shoot not available 106.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ERIODICTYONIC-ACID 0 Leaf not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ERIODICTYONINE 0 Leaf 30000.0 60000.0 not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ERIODIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERIODONOL 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ERIODONOL 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 18040.0 82000.0 0.51 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Leaf not available 150000.0 0.59 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Leaf not available 380000.0 0.07 Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Plant 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.
GLUCOSE 7 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUM 0 Leaf 26400.0 120000.0 0.46 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
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 1 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 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 3 Merck 11th Edition
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Bruchifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 3 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 14 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 7 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-3-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-9-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chelator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 2 Duke, 1992 *