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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
3',4',5,7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE 1 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3',4'5,7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Plant *
3'-METHYL-4'-ISOBUTYRYLERIODICTYOL 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
3'-METHYL-4'-ISOBUTYRYLERIODICTYOL 0 Shoot 19.0 *
3,4',5-TRIHYDROXY-7-METHOXY-FLAVANONE 0 Leaf 410000.0 *
3,4',5-TRIHYDROXY-7-METHOXY-FLAVANONE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
4',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-3',6-DIMETHOXYFLAVANONE 0 Shoot 50.0 *
4',5-DIHYDROXY-6,7-DIMETHOXYFLAVANONE 0 Shoot 24.0 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 0.4 1.7 -0.44 *
ASH 0 Leaf 15620.0 71000.0 -0.84 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 21.0 96.0 -0.72 *
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 638.0 2900.0 -1.06 *
CEROTIC-ACID 0 Bark *
CEROTIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 0.4 1.7 -0.50 *
CHRYSIN 60 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CHRYSIN 60 Shoot 2.5 *
CHRYSOERIODICTYOL 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antibacillary 1 *
Antibacterial 11 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Anticancer 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticanker 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 1 *
Anticarcinomic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticariogenic 2 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 2 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 *
AntiCFS 3 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric 4 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 *
Anticolitic 2 *