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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Gentiana lutea (Gentianaceae)

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

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,3,7-TRIMETHOXYXANTHONE 0 Root *
1-HYDROXY-3,7-DIMETHOXYXANTHONE 0 Root 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 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 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 Abstract (See species file)
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Essential Oil Abstract (See species file)
ALUMINUM 5 Root 64.0 291.0 -0.16 *
AMAROGENTIN 6 Root 100.0 3300.0 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 40.0 183.0 -0.54 *
ASH 0 Root 18040.0 82000.0 0.41 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Root 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 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Root *
CALCIUM 28 Root 1791.0 8140.0 0.08 *
CARVACROL 37 Essential Oil Abstract (See species file)
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.3 1.3 -0.30 *
CIS-LINALYL-OXIDE 0 Plant *
COBALT 2 Root 0.3 1.4 -0.51 *
FAT 0 Root 2860.0 13000.0 -0.33 *
FAT 0 Seed 260000.0 -0.03 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 2 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelochemic 1 (View) *
Allelopathic 2 (View) Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 7 (View) *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 9 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 2 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Anthelmintic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 2 (View) *