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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 *
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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
Antileukemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimutagenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 1 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity? 1 Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antiophidic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiotitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 2 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiplasmodial 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antiproliferative 2 Duke, 1992 *