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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 *
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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
Insecticide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 9 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 1 J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Irritant 6 Duke, 1992 *
Larvicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant 1 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Myorelaxant 4 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Nematicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neurogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ozone-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Perfumery 10 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 15 Duke, 1992 *