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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Forsythia suspensa (Oleaceae)

Common Names
Lian-Jiao; Lien-Chiao
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
ARCTIIN 4 Fruit *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 4380.0 0.12 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 19.0 0.48 *
D-PINORESINOL 0 Fruit *
D-PINORESINOL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
FORSYTHID 0 Fruit *
FORSYTHIDMETHYLETHER 0 Fruit *
FORSYTHOSIDE-A 0 Leaf *
FORSYTHOSIDE-B 2 Leaf *
FORSYTHOSIDE-C 0 Leaf *
FORSYTHOSIDE-D 0 Leaf *
IRON 6 Fruit 440.0 1.22 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 1160.0 -0.45 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 120.0 0.39 *
MATAIRESINOSIDE 0 Fruit *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Fruit *
PHILLYGENIN 0 Fruit *
PHILLYRIN 1 Bark *
PHILLYRIN 1 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insecticide 1 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.
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Juvabional 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.
Larvistat 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.
Laxative 2 *
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leucocytogenic 2 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Litholytic 1 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor 2 *
Mucogenic 1 Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990.
Mutagenic 2 *
Myoprotective 1 *
Myorelaxant 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *