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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CHRYSOERIOL 7 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CHRYSOERIOL 7 Shoot 106.0 1.69 *
CIRSIMARITIN 9 Shoot 106.0 1.00 *
CIRSIMARITRIN 0 Plant 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 *
DIOSMETIN 13 Leaf 114000.0 *
ERIODICTYOL 10 Bark 2300.0 *
ERIODICTYOL 10 Leaf 2300.0 6000.0 *
ERIODICTYOL 10 Shoot 106.0 1.00 *
ERIODICTYONIC-ACID 0 Leaf 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 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ERIODIN 0 Shoot *
ERIODONOL 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ERIODONOL 0 Shoot *
FAT 0 Leaf 18040.0 82000.0 0.51 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Leaf 150000.0 0.59 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Leaf 380000.0 0.07 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLUCOSE 7 Bark *
GUM 0 Leaf 26400.0 120000.0 0.46 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Juvabional 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Keratitigenic 1 *
Laxative 2 *
Leptingenic 1 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
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
MAO-Inhibitor 2 *
MAPK-Inhibitor 1 *
Memorigenic 1 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Mutagenic 1 *
Myorelaxant 3 *
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Neurotransmitter 1 *