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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Levisticum officinale (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Lovage
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-FALCARINDIOL 0 Root 600.0 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Root Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-METHYL-BUTANAL 0 Root Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-OCTANONE 0 Root Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3-BUTYL-4,5-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Root *
3-BUTYLPHTHALIDE 0 Root 600.0 5440.0 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
4-OCTANONE 0 Root Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Fruit 6.0 -0.56 Abstract (See species file)
8-METHOXY-PSORALEN 21 Fruit 0.0 1.0 -0.71 Abstract (See species file)
ACETIC-ACID 16 Root Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
ALKYL-PHTHALIDES 0 Root 1400.0 11900.0 *
ALPHA-FENCHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Root Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE 0 Root 3.0 30.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Root 1.0 10.0 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Root 20.0 200.0 -0.69 *
ALPHA-SELINENE 3 Root 10.0 100.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Root 1.0 10.0 -0.62 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Root 8.0 80.0 -0.49 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ANGELIC-ACID 1 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Bufocide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 9 *
Cancer-Preventive 18 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 12 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Candidistat 3 *
Carcinogenic 5 *
Carcinogenic? 2 Martindale's 29th
Cardiac 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiodepressant 1 *
Cardiotonic 1 *
Carminative 7 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Chemopreventive 4 *
Cholagogue 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 8 *
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Cicatrizant 1 *
Ciliotoxic 1 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Clastogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.