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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Kalmia latifolia (Ericaceae)

Common Names
Mountain Laurel; Calico Bush; Spoonwood
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
PHLORIZINE 0 Leaf CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 1100.0 -0.71 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 87000.0 -1.25 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SPINASTEROL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
SUCROSE 14 Leaf CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TANNIC-ACID 41 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Apoptotic 1 *
Artemicide 2 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Astringent 1 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.
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Blocker 1 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 3 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cardiodepressant 1 *
Cardioprotective 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Chemopreventive 1 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Convulsant 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Cytotoxic 1 *
Demulcent 2 *
Detoxicant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Diuretic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Emetic 2 Martindale's 29th
Estrogenic 1 *