Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Ligustrum lucidum (Oleaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Privet, Glossy Privet, Ligustri Fructus, Privet, White Waxtree
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-TAXIFOLIN 0 Fruit *
(DL)-ERIODICTYOL 0 Fruit *
(Z)-1-(1-ETHOXY-ETHOXY)-3-HEXENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 18900.0 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
1,2-DIPHENYL-1,2-ETHANEDIOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 39200.0 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
1-METHYL-1-PROPYL-HYDRAZINE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 26000.0 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
1-PHENYL-1,2-BUTANEDIOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 41200.0 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
10-HYDROXY-LIGUSTROSIDE 0 Fruit *
10-HYDROXYOLEUROPEIN 0 Fruit *
2-ALPHA-HYDROXY-3-BETA-(4-HYDROXY-TRANS-CINNAMOYL-OXY)-OLEANOLIC-ACID 0 Plant *
3-4-DIHYDROXY-PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Fruit *
4-ACETYLOXY-2-BUTANONE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 54600.0 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
4-HYDROXY-BETA-PHENYLETHYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ACETYL-OLEANOLIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
ACETYLURSOLIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
ALPHA-ALPHA-4-TRIMETHYL-3-CYCLOHEXEN-METHANOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 32400.0 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ALPHA-BUTYLBENZENE-METHANOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 56000.0 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ALPHA-MANNITOL 0 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
APIGETRIN 0 Leaf *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit 0.6 0.23 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic 2 (View) 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 2 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 3 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorexic 2 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne 2 (View) *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th