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Plant Inonotus obliquus

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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 Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2,6-BIS-(3',4'-DIHYDROXYPHENYL)-3,7-DIOXABICYCLO-[3,3,0]-OCTANE-4,8-DIONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,4-DIHYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-21-DIHYDROXY-LANOST-7,9(11),24-TRIENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-21-DIHYDROXY-LANOST-8,24-DIENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-21-DIHYDROXY-LANOST-8,24-DIENE-21-OIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Hobbs, C. 1996. 3rd Ed. (1st Ed. 1986). Medicinal Mushrooms. Botanical Press, Santa Cruz. 251 pp. (With a useful tabular summary of 'all medicinal mushrooms species').
3-BETA-HYDROXY-LANOSTA-8,24-DIENE-21-AL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETULIN 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIOGLYCANS 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDRODICAFFEIC-ACID-LACTONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERGOSTA-7-22-DIEN-3-BETA-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERGOSTEROL 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ERGOSTEROL-PEROXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUMELANIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUNGISTEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INOOIDIOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Hobbs, C. 1996. 3rd Ed. (1st Ed. 1986). Medicinal Mushrooms. Botanical Press, Santa Cruz. 251 pp. (With a useful tabular summary of 'all medicinal mushrooms species').
INOSITOL 8 Plant not available not available not available Foster, S. and Yue, C.-X. 1992. Herbal Emissaries: Bringing Chinese Herbs to the West. Healing Arts Press, Rochester, Vermont 05767. 356 pp.
INOTODIOL 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LACTONES 0 Plant not available not available not available Foster, S. and Yue, C.-X. 1992. Herbal Emissaries: Bringing Chinese Herbs to the West. Healing Arts Press, Rochester, Vermont 05767. 356 pp.
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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
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitumor 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 2 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiurethrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiviral 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge 1 Lugemwa, F.N., Huang, F-Y., Bentley, M.D., Mendel, M.J., and Alford, A.R. 1990. A Heliothis zea Antifeedant from the Abundant Birchbark Triterpene Betulin. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38(2): 493-494.
Ascaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 3 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 2 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.
Cholesterolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.