Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Heracleum sphondylium (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Cow Parsnip, Hogweed, Meadow Parsnip
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PIMPINELLIN 7 Root Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Root Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antifeedant 1 (View) Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antihistaminic 1 (View) *
Antiinflammatory 1 (View) *
Antikeratotic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antileucodermic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 1 (View) *
Antimitotic 1 (View) *
Antimutagenic 1 (View) Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Antimycotic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antipruritic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antipsoriac 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiscleromyxoedemic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antispasmodic 1 (View) *
Antitubercular 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor-Promoter 1 (View) *
Antivitiligic 1 (View) *