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Plant Helichrysum angustifolium (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Everlasting; Immortelle
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
2,4-DIMETHYLHEPTAN-3,5-DIONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,5-DIMETHYLOCTAN-4,6-DIONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,7-DIMETHOXYPHTHALIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-7-HYDROXYPRTHALIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALCOHOLS 0 Plant 583.0 2331.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-DIKETONES 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant 750.0 2000.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
ESTERS 0 Plant 480.0 1920.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRACTION-H 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GNAPHALIIN 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HELIPYRONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERIC-ACID 5 Plant not available not available 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
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antihelicobacter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperlipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihyperthyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *