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Plant Glehnia littoralis (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Bei Sha Shen
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MANGANESE 14 Root not available 70.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
MARMESIN 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MARMESIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OSTHENOL-7-O-BETA-GENTIOBIOSIDE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OSTHENOL-7-O-BETA-GENTIOBIOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHELLOPTERIN 2 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHELLOPTERIN 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Root not available 13900.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSORALEN 31 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Root not available 425.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXOL 5 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXOL 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Root not available 26.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiprostatitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipruritic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipsoriac 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiRaynaud's 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic 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
Antirheumatic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiscleromyxoedemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiseptic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistomatitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistress 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antistroke 2 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
Antisyndrome-X 3 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
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitriglyceride 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
Antitubercular 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor 3 Duke, 1992 *