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Plant Ferula gummosa (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Galbanum
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
10-EPIJUNENOL 0 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
10-EPIJUNENYL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
12-TRIDECANOLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
13-TETRADECANOLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
14-PENTADECANOLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
15-HEXADECANOLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
15-METHYL-15,1-CYCLOPENTADECANOLIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,6-DIETHYL-3-METHYLPYRAZINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-3-SEC-BUTYL-PYRAZINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-SEC-BUTYLPYRAZINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CADINOL 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-EUDESMOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FENCHOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FENCHYL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FENCHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Culicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Expectorant 5 Duke, 1992 *
FLavor 11 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 5 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Fungiphilic 1 J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 1 Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 4 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypothermic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inhalant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insect-Repellent 1 Duke, 1992 *