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

Plant Hamamelis virginiana (Hamamelidaceae)

Common Names
Witch Hazel
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
6-METHYLHEPTADIEN-3,5-ON(2) 0 Leaf 25.0 *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Leaf 160.0 *
AFZELIN 1 Leaf *
ALCOHOLS 0 Leaf 2000.0 1.41 *
ALPHA-IONONE 5 Leaf 175.0 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf *
BETA-IONONE 13 Leaf 50.0 0.82 *
CATECHIN-3-GALLATE 0 Bark *
CATECHIN-TANNIN 0 Leaf *
CHOLINE 20 Leaf 2000.0 -0.37 *
D-GALLOCATCHEIN 0 Bark *
ELLAGITANNIN 8 Bark *
EO 0 Leaf 5000.0 -0.57 *
ESTERS 0 Leaf 750.0 1.03 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Leaf 54400.0 1.07 *
GALLO-TANNIN 2 Leaf *
HAMAMELIDINE 0 Leaf *
HAMAMELIN 0 Bark 160000.0 *
HAMAMELIN 0 Leaf 70000.0 *
HAMAMELITANNIN 2 Bark 10000.0 30000.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
Addictive 1 (View) Science News, 145: 294.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
Allelochemic 2 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Analgesic 3 (View) Martindale's 29th
Anesthetic 2 (View) *
Antiadenovirus 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin 2 (View) *
Antiaggregant 3 (View) *
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antiallergenic 2 (View) Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 3 (View) Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antialzheimeran 2 (View) *
Antianaphylactic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiangiogenic 2 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) *