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Plant Gentiana lutea (Gentianaceae)

Common Names
Yellow Gentian, Gentian
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,3,7-TRIMETHOXYXANTHONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-HYDROXY-3,7-DIMETHOXYXANTHONE 0 Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
1-O-PRIMVEROSYL-7-OXY-3-METHOXYXANTHONE 0 Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
2,3',4,6-TETRAHYDROXYBENZOPHENONE 0 Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
7-O-PRIMVEROSYL-1-OXY-3-METHOXYXANTHONE 0 Root not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Essential Oil not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
ALUMINUM 5 Root 64.0 291.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
AMAROGENTIN 6 Root 100.0 3300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 40.0 183.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Root 18040.0 82000.0 0.41 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 9.0 39.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 1791.0 8140.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Essential Oil not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.3 1.3 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LINALYL-OXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Root 0.3 1.4 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Root 2860.0 13000.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 260000.0 -0.03 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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