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Common Names
Mountain Laurel; Calico Bush; Spoonwood
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24ALPHA-ETHYLLATHOSTEROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ANDROMEDOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ANDROMEDOTOXIN | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ARBUTIN | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ASEBOTIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | not available | 36000.0 | -1.46 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | not available | 9600.0 | -0.60 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | not available | 782000.0 | 1.35 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CATECHIN-TANNINS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| EMULSIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | not available | 95000.0 | 0.77 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | not available | 147000.0 | -0.18 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| GRAYANOTOXIN | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INVERTIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | not available | 50.0 | -0.79 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| KALMITOXINS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| PECTIN | 24 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PHLORIDZIN | 8 | Leaf | not available | 27000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHLORIDZINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 27000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antienteritic | 2 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antiestrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifeedant | 4 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigargantitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antihemorrhoidal | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiherpetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihiccup | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiHIV | 1 | Tan, G.T., Pezzuto, J.M., Kinghorn,* A.D., Hughes, S.H. Evaluation Of Natural Products As Inhibitors Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Reverse Transcriptase. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 143-154, 1991. |
| Antihyperkinetic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinflammatory | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinsomniac | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antileukemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilithic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |