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

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
HESPERETIN	8	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISPIDULIN	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.
HISPIDULIN	7	Shoot	not available	62.5	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOERIDICTYOL	0	Leaf	42000.0	128000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOERIODICTYOL	3	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOERIODICTYOL	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOERIODICTYOL	3	Shoot	not available	4250.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	24.0	110.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	Leaf	not available	39000.0	1.73	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	2156.0	9800.0	2.19	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Leaf	20.0	91.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTATRIACONTANE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTATRIACONTANE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIACONTANE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIACONTANE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARINGENIN-4'-METHYL-ETHER	0	Shoot	not available	7.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	15.0	70.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
PENTATRIACONTANE	1	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.
PERSICOGENIN	0	Leaf	not available	36000.0	not available	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
Diuretic	5	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	1	Martindale's 29th
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Estrogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	2	Martindale's 28th
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor	2	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	5	Martindale's 29th
Fungistat	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Fungitoxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hepatoprotective	5	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 253.
Hepatotoxic	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Herbistat	1	Duke, 1992 *