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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Larrea tridentata (Zygophyllaceae)

Common Names
Chaparral; Creosote Bush
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
1-HEPTEN-3-ONE 0 Plant *
1-HEXEN-3-ONE 0 Plant *
2,6-DI-C-GLUCOPYRANOSYLAPIGENIN 0 Plant *
2-HEPTANONE 0 Plant *
2-UNDECANONE 4 Plant *
3'-DEMETHOXYISOGUAIACIN 0 Plant *
5,8,4'-TRIHYDROXY-3,7,3'-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Plant *
6,8-DI-C-GLUCOPYRANOSYLCHRYSOERIOL 0 Plant *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil *
ALUMINUM 5 Plant 95.0 290.0 -0.18 *
ARGININE 14 Plant 3100.0 -1.44 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 250.0 760.0 -0.42 *
ASH 0 Plant 28294.0 86000.0 -0.63 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Plant 5700.0 -1.28 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant 45.0 138.0 0.02 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil *
BORNEOL 35 Plant *
CALAMENENE 0 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 5396.0 16400.0 0.30 *
CAMPHENE 9 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Acaricide 1 *
Acarifuge 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 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
Allelochemic 3 *
Allelopathic 2 *
Allergenic 5 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 6 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 1 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 *
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.
Anthelmintic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antiacetylcholine 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.