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Common Names
Red Cedar
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANGANESE | 14 | Shoot | 11.0 | 2640.0 | 1.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MERCURY | 1 | Shoot | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-EUGENOL | 20 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MOLYBDENUM | 2 | Shoot | 0.0 | 2.6 | -0.88 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Shoot | 0.0 | 17.6 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Shoot | 228.0 | 3168.0 | -0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PODOPHYLLOTOXIN | 26 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PODOPHYLLOTOXIN-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Shoot | 1368.0 | 14080.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PSEUDOCEDROL | 0 | Wood | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RHODOXANTHIN | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SAFROLE | 29 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Shoot | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.97 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILVER | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Shoot | 3.8 | 422.0 | 0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STRONTIUM | 0 | Shoot | 7.0 | 440.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Bark | 21000.0 | 86000.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Prooxidant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Sparer | 1 | Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990. |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protisticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Psychoactive | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Psychotropic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Purgative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Schistosomicide | 1 | Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp. |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Sedative | 5 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Spasmogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Termiticide | 2 | Mater Org (Berl), 24:301, 1989. |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thyrotropic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Toxic | 1 | 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 |
| Tranquilizer | 3 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90. |
| Transdermal | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |