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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
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 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.
Antitumor (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 2 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antiulcer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 5 Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Anxiolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 1 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Beta-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist 2 Duke, 1992 *