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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Gardenia jasminoides (Rubiaceae)

Common Names
Gardenia; Shan-Chih-Tzu; Shan-Zhi-Zi; Zhi Zi; Jasmin; Cape Jasmine
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(1R,74,8S,10R)-7,8,11-TRIHYDROXYGUAI-4-EN-3-ONE-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Fruit *
(R)-LINALYL-6-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOPYRANOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Flower *
10-ACETYLGENIPOSIDE 0 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
13-Z-CROCIN-ESTER 0 Fruit *
2-HYDROXYETHYL-GARDENAMIDE-A 0 Fruit *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.1 -0.47 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
ASH 0 Seed 25000.0 -0.69 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BENZOIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Flower ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BENZYL-ACETATE 9 Flower ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BORNEOL 35 Flower *
BORNYL-6-O-BETA-D-XYLOPYRANOSYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Flower *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 2810.0 4710.0 0.20 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
CHLOROGENIN 3 Fruit *
COPPER 12 Fruit 10.0 13.0 0.01 *
CROCETIN 10 Fruit *
CROCETIN-MONO(BETA-GENTIOBIOSYL)-ESTER 0 Fruit *
CROCIN 4 Flower Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CROCIN 4 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
CROCIN-1 0 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihangover 1 *
Antihepatotoxic 1 *
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihistaminic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
AntiHIV 2 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 4 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypoxic 1 *
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 7 *
Antiinsomniac 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antileukemic 3 *
Antileukonychic 1 *
Antilipolytic 1 *
Antilithic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).