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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Eucommia ulmoides (Eucommiaceae)

Common Names
Tu Chung; Du Zhong; Gutta-Percha Tree
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
(+)-1-HYDROXYPINORESINOL-4.4'-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(+)-EPIPINORESINOL 2 Bark Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(+)-MEDIORESINOL-DI-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(+)-SYRINGARESINOL-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Bark Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(-)-OLIVIL-4',4'-DI-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ARSENIC 2 Bark 0.2 1.41 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
ASPERULOSIDE 9 Leaf *
ASPERUOSIDIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
AUCOBOSIDE 0 Leaf Perry, Lily M. 1980. Medicinal Plants of East and Southeast Asia. MIT Press. Cambridge, Massachusets. 620 pp.
AUCUBIN 20 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETULIN 13 Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM 28 Bark 10200.0 -0.81 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
COPPER 12 Bark 5.0 -1.14 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
DEACETYLASPERULOSIDIC-ACID 3 Leaf *
EUCOMMIN-A 3 Bark *
EUCOMMIN-A 3 Plant *
EUCOMMIOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
FAT 0 Fruit 270000.0 1.42 Foster, S. and Yue, C-G. 1992. Herbal Emissaries-Bringing Chinese Herbs to the West. Healing Arts Press, Rochester VT. 356 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Abortifacient 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 *
Algistat 1 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Allelochemic 3 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.
Allergenic 4 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Analgesic 3 *
Anemiagenic 1 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 *
Anorexic 1 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic 1 *
Antiacne 2 *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiaflatoxin 1 *