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Common Names
English Lavender
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DIHYDROCOUMARIN | 2 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Flower | 3000.0 | 40000.0 | 0.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FARNESENE | 2 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| FLAVONOIDS | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| GAMMA-CADINENE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GERANIAL | 13 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GERANYL-BUTYRATE | 3 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GERANYL-CAPROATE | 2 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GERANYL-ISOBUTYRATE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GERANYL-VALERATE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| HERNIARIN | 12 | Plant | 20.0 | 250.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| ISOBUTYRIC-ACID | 2 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ISOVALERALDEHYDE | 1 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LAVANDULOL | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| LAVANDULYL-ACETATE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LINALOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| LINALOL-OXIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Gram(-)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemorrhagic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 8 | 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. |
| Histaminic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypnotic | 2 | Schultes, R.E. De Plantis Toxicariis e Mundo Novo Tropicale Commentationes XXXVI. Justicia (Acanthaceae) as a Source of an Hallucinogenic Snuff. Economic Botany 44(1): 61-70, 1990. |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypocholesterolemic? | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 165 |
| Hypotensive | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypothermic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ICAM-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IKK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunostimulant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |