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Plant Ferula sumbul (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Sumbul
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
ANGELIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETAINE 14 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant not available 10000.0 0.02 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CROTONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Plant not available 170000.0 0.16 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SUMBULENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUMBULIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERIANIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Okada,Y,et al.1995.Search for Naturally Occurring Substances to Prevent the Complications of Diabetes.II.Inhibitory Effect of Coumarin and Flavonoid Derivatives on Bovine Lens Aldose Reductase and Rabbit Platelet Aggregation.Chem Pharm Bull43(8):1385-1387
Allelochemic 1 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 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antibacterial 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antifatigue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antimitotic 1 Gawron, A. and Glowniak, K. 1987. Cytostatic Activity of Coumarins in vitro. Planta Medica 1987: 526.
Antimutagenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyoatrophic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *