Plant Ledum palustre (Ericaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Marsh Tea; Wild Rosemary

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
5-HYDROXY-7,4'-DIMETHOXY-6-METHYLFLAVONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARBUTIN	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHIN-TANNINS	0	Leaf	80000.0	170000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	3000.0	25000.0	1.18	Duke, 1992 *
ERICINOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERICOLIN	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYPEROSIDE	30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEDITANNIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEDOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEPALENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALUSTROL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARTARIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acidifier	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Additive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	2	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	3	Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 333.
Antiaging	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antialzheimeran	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1	Meli, R., Autore, G., Di Carlo, G., Capasso, F. Inhibitory Action of Quercetin on Intestinal Transit in Mice. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 201, 1990.
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaphthic	1	Martindale's 28th