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Common Names
Alehoof
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-PULEGONE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-PINOCARVONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (10E,12Z)-9-OXO-10,12-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (10E,12Z,15Z)-9-OXO-10,12,15-OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (9S,10E,12Z)-9-HYDROXY-10,12-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (9S,10E,12Z,15Z)-9-HYDROXY-10,12,15-OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Plant | 6.0 | 37.0 | -0.55 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 1-OCTEN-3-OL | 0 | Plant | 1.0 | 7.0 | -0.43 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 1-OCTEN-3-YL-ACETATE | 0 | Plant | 1.0 | 2.0 | -1.16 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 2-ALPHA-HYDROXYURSOLIC-ACID | 1 | Plant | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-BETA-HYDROXYURSOLIC-ACID | 1 | Plant | not available | 600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-OCTANOL | 2 | Plant | 1.0 | 2.0 | -0.65 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 3-OCTANONE | 0 | Plant | 3.0 | 16.0 | -0.64 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 9-HYDROXY-10-TRANS,12-CIS-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-AMYRIN | 10 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CADINOL | 3 | Plant | 1.0 | 6.0 | -0.93 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Plant | 4.0 | 22.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Plant | 1.0 | 7.0 | -0.48 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-URSOLIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN | 101 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Analgesic | 13 | Martindale's 28th |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anesthetic | 3 | Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994. |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 2 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
| Anthelmintic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiacetylcholine | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antiacetylcholinesterase | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 6 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiADD | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiadenomic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiadenoviral | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antiadrenalinic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiaflatoxin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiAGE | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiaggregant | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiaging | 4 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |