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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
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antidysgeuzic 1 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidysphagic 1 *
Antieczemic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 *
Antienteritic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antienterotic 1 *
Antiepileptic 4 *
Antiestrogenic 2 *
Antifatigue 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 5 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Antifibromyalgic 1 *
Antifibrotic 3 *