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Common Names
Black Hellebore; Christmas Rose
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Acetylcholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarcinomic | 1 | Biosyn. Prod. Cancer Chemotherapy (Petit et al) |
| Antiedemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiketotic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antivaricose | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Digitalic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hyperglycemic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Memory-Enhancer | 1 | Science News, 138: 189, 1990. |
| Narcotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Perfumery | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |