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Plant Hamamelis virginiana (Hamamelidaceae)

Common Names
Witch Hazel
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
6-METHYLHEPTADIEN-3,5-ON(2) 0 Leaf not available 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Leaf not available 160.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AFZELIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALCOHOLS 0 Leaf not available 2000.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-IONONE 5 Leaf not available 175.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE 13 Leaf not available 50.0 0.82 Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN-3-GALLATE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN-TANNIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Leaf not available 2000.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
D-GALLOCATCHEIN 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGITANNIN 8 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf not available 5000.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
ESTERS 0 Leaf not available 750.0 1.03 Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Leaf not available 54400.0 1.07 Duke, 1992 *
GALLO-TANNIN 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HAMAMELIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HAMAMELIN 0 Bark not available 160000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HAMAMELIN 0 Leaf not available 70000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HAMAMELITANNIN 2 Bark 10000.0 30000.0 not available 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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Addictive 1 Science News, 145: 294.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 2 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 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Analgesic 3 Martindale's 29th
Anesthetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergenic 2 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 3 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 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiangiogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *