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Plant Helleborus niger (Ranunculaceae)

Common Names

Black Hellebore, Christmas Rose

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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 Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ACONITIC-ACID	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DESGLUCOHELLEBRIN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	352000.0	0.46	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HELLEBORIN	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HELLEBRIGENIN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HELLEBRIN	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-SOPHOROSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-SAMBUBIOSIDE-7-GLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-RHAMNOSE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	not available	212000.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
SPIROST-5,15(27)-DIEN-1BETA,3BETA,11ALPHA-TRIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STROPHANTHOBIOSE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
Acetylcholinergic	1 (View Chemicals list for Acetylcholinergic)	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	1 (View Chemicals list for Anticarcinomic)	Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al)
Antiedemic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiedemic)	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antihepatotoxic)	Merck 11th Edition
Antiketotic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiketotic)	Merck 11th Edition
Antivaricose	1 (View Chemicals list for Antivaricose)	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Digitalic	1 (View Chemicals list for Digitalic)	Duke, 1992 *
Hyperglycemic	1 (View Chemicals list for Hyperglycemic)	Merck 11th Edition
Memory-Enhancer	1 (View Chemicals list for Memory-Enhancer)	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Narcotic	2 (View Chemicals list for Narcotic)	Duke, 1992 *
Perfumery	1 (View Chemicals list for Perfumery)	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry