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Common Names
Eyebright
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6-HYDROXYPHENYLPYRUVIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Plant | 15.3 | 99.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN | 101 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-RHAMNOGALACTOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| APIGENIN-GLYCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| ARABINOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Plant | 10.0 | 67.0 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Plant | 19404.0 | 126000.0 | 0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AUCUBIN | 20 | Plant | not available | 500.0 | 0.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AUCUBIN | 20 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Plant | 11.0 | 73.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Plant | not available | 11500.0 | 0.73 | Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp. |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Shoot | not available | 6000.0 | 1.71 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | 1771.0 | 11500.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Plant | 113652.0 | 738000.0 | 0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATALPOL | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CERYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp. |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Plant | 0.1 | 0.7 | -0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 11B-HSD-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-HT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acetylcholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acidulant | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 10 | Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888. |
| Allelochemic | 2 | 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. |
| Allelopathic | 2 | Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865. |
| Allergenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Amphiglycemic? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Analgesic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic? | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anthelmintic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiacne | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |