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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.
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
(+)-TAXIFOLIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(DL)-ERIODICTYOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-1-(1-ETHOXY-ETHOXY)-3-HEXENE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 18900.0 not available 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 not available 39200.0 not available 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 not available 26000.0 not available 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 not available 41200.0 not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
10-HYDROXYOLEUROPEIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ALPHA-HYDROXY-3-BETA-(4-HYDROXY-TRANS-CINNAMOYL-OXY)-OLEANOLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-4-DIHYDROXY-PHENETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-ACETYLOXY-2-BUTANONE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 54600.0 not available 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 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.
ACETYL-OLEANOLIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLURSOLIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ALPHA-4-TRIMETHYL-3-CYCLOHEXEN-METHANOL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 32400.0 not available 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 not available 56000.0 not available 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 not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
APIGETRIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Fruit not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 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 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 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 2 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th