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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anticholinesterase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticholinesterase? | 1 | L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase. |
| Anticolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticonstrictive | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticonvulsant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidandruff | 1 | A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp. |
| Antidepressant | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antidiarrheic | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Antidiuretic | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-92. |
| Antidote (Iodine) | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antidysenteric | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Antidysmenorrheic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiedemic | 6 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antielastase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiemetic | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antiescherichic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiesherichic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiesophagitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 3 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifatigue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |