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Plant Hydrangea arborescens (Hydrangeaceae)

Common Names
Smooth Hydrangea; Hydrangea
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
ALUMINUM 5 Root 77.0 221.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Root 18900.0 54000.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 2261.0 6460.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.9 2.5 -0.06 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Root 1.3 3.8 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FAT 0 Root 7000.0 20000.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Root not available 120000.0 0.26 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Root not available 380000.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
GUM 0 Root 31500.0 90000.0 -0.68 Duke, 1992 *
HYDRANGIN 0 Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
IRON 6 Root 6.0 18.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Root not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
LOGANIN 4 Shoot not available not available not available Plouvier, V. 1987. Occurrence and distribution of syringoside, skimmin and similar coumarin glycosides and loganin in several botanical groups. C. R. Acad. Sci. Ser. III, 305(6): 183-186.
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 567.0 1620.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 7.0 18.7 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
NEOHYDRANGIN 0 Shoot not available not available not available Plouvier, V. 1987. Occurrence and distribution of syringoside, skimmin and similar coumarin glycosides and loganin in several botanical groups. C. R. Acad. Sci. Ser. III, 305(6): 183-186.
NIACIN 39 Root 44.0 125.0 2.17 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 3 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Antiacne 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95