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Plant Levisticum officinale (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Lovage
How this plant is used
Food
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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
ANGEOLIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
APIOLE 20 Seed not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
APTERIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AR-CURCUMENE 3 Root 1.0 13.0 1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BENZENE 3 Root not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Root not available not available not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Root 3.0 30.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BERGAPTEN 26 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CHAMIGRENE 0 Root 1.0 13.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Root 12.0 125.0 1.00 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Root 24.0 240.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Root 21.0 210.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Root 10.0 100.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 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.
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 4 Root not available not available not available Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
BORNEOL 35 Root not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BUTYL-DIHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-HEXAHYDROPHTHALIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BUTYL-PHTHALIDE 10 Root 153.0 1535.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BUTYLIDENE-PHTHALIDE 10 Root 153.0 1535.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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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
Termiticide 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Testosterone-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Hu, C. Q., Lee, K. S. 1992. Coumarins From the Roots of Seseli mairei and Inhibition of DNA Topoisomerase II Activity. Tianran Chanwu Yanjiu Yu Kaifa, 4: 6-10.
Tracheorelaxant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 7 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 7 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 3 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uterosedative 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.
Uterotonic 2 Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp.
Varroacide 1 Duke, 1992 *