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Plant Forsythia suspensa (Oleaceae)

Common Names
Lian-Jiao; Lien-Chiao
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
ARCTIIN 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULINIC-ACID 22 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM 28 Fruit not available 4380.0 0.12 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit not available 19.0 0.48 Duke, 1992 *
D-PINORESINOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-PINORESINOL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORSYTHID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORSYTHIDMETHYLETHER 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORSYTHOSIDE-A 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORSYTHOSIDE-B 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORSYTHOSIDE-C 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORSYTHOSIDE-D 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit not available 440.0 1.22 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit not available 1160.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit not available 120.0 0.39 Duke, 1992 *
MATAIRESINOSIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHILLYGENIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHILLYRIN 1 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHILLYRIN 1 Fruit 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
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Trypanocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 5 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 3 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 1 Martindale's 28th
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.