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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
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 2332.0 10600.0 1.04 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PINOCEMBRIN 9 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PINOCEMBRIN 9 Shoot 3.7 -0.72 *
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 2068.0 9400.0 -0.92 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 13200.0 60000.0 -1.51 *
RESIN 0 Leaf 8800.0 80000.0 1.19 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf *
SAKURANETIN 4 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
SAKURANETIN 4 Shoot 22.5 *
SELENIUM 60 Leaf 2.6 12.0 0.54 *
SILICON 4 Leaf 1.5 7.0 -0.39 *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 84.0 380.0 -0.58 *
SUGARS 0 Leaf 19800.0 90000.0 0.36 *
TANNIC-ACID 41 Shoot *
TANNIN 35 Plant Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
THIAMINE 0 Leaf *
TRIACONTANE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
VELUTIN 1 Leaf 45000.0 *
WATER 0 Leaf 780000.0 -0.14 *
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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 *