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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 | not available | 600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 2-METHYL-BUTANAL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 2-OCTANONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 3-BUTYL-4,5-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3-BUTYLPHTHALIDE | 0 | Root | 600.0 | 5440.0 | not available | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| 4-OCTANONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 5-METHOXY-PSORALEN | 10 | Fruit | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952. |
| ALKYL-PHTHALIDES | 0 | Root | 1400.0 | 11900.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-FENCHYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE | 0 | Root | 3.0 | 30.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Root | 1.0 | 10.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Root | 20.0 | 200.0 | -0.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-SELINENE | 3 | Root | 10.0 | 100.0 | not available | 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 | not available | not available | not available | 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 | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiatherosclerotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillus | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 24 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
| Antibronchitic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antibrucellosic | 1 | Gawron, A., Gorski*, G., Glowniak**, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990. |
| Anticancer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 2 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Anticancer (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Kidney) | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Anticancer (Liver) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Pancreas) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Prostate) | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Anticancer (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarcinogenic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Anticariogenic | 5 | Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105. |
| Anticatarrh | 1 | Martindale's 29th |