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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 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Choleretic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Depressant 3 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 1 Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
Collagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 2 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 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
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic (Breast) 2 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Cytotoxic (Colon) 2 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Cytotoxic (Lung) 2 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 3 Duke, 1992 *
DME-Inhibitor 2 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
Emetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fungicide 3 Merck 11th Edition