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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Ginkgo biloba (Ginkgoaceae)

Common Names
Ginkgo; Maidenhair Tree
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
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-CATECHIN 30 Tissue Culture Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-CATECHOL 4 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN 7 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-GALLOCATECHOL 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-PINITOL 0 Pollen Or Spore 76.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-SESAMIN 0 Heart Wood Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-SESAMIN 0 Wood Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPI-GALLO-CATECHOL 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPICATECHOL 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN 21 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
(E)-ATLANTONE 0 Heart Wood Jim Duke's personal files.
(Z)-ATLANTONE 0 Heart Wood Jim Duke's personal files.
1,4-DIMETHYL-2,5-DIISOPROPYLBENZENE 0 Essential Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
1,4-DIMETHYL-2,5-DIISOPROPYLBENZENE 0 Wood Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
10,11-(E)-6-OXO-DIHYDROATLANTONE 0 Plant Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
10,11-(E)-DIHYDROATLANTONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
10,11-(Z)-DIHYDROATLANTONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
10-HEPTACOSANOL 0 Leaf Wax Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Vasodilator 18 *
Vasopressor 2 *
Vasorelaxant 1 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 4 *
Vermicide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Verrucolytic 1 *
Vesicant 1 *
Vulnerary 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 9 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.