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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Ligustrum lucidum (Oleaceae)

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

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 3040.0 -0.19 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.
CHRYSANTHEMIN 0 Fruit *
COPPER 12 Fruit 12.0 -0.06 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.
COSMOSIIN 4 Leaf *
CYANIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Fruit *
CYANIN 5 Fruit *
CYNAROSIDE 3 Leaf *
ETHYL-ACETATE 6 Fruit Essent. Oil 189500.0 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
FAT 0 Fruit 100000.0 150000.0 0.50 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
HYDRAZINE-METHYL-OXALATE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 35200.0 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
IRON 6 Fruit 120.0 -0.05 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.
ISORHOIFOLIN 0 Leaf *
LIGUSTALOSIDES 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LIGUSTRIN 0 Seed *
LIGUSTROSIDE 0 Fruit *
LIGUSTROSIDIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
LIGUSTROSIDIC-ACID 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Abortifacient 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
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 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Analgesic 3 *
Androgenic 1 *
Anemiagenic 1 *
Angiogenic 1 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 *
Anorexic 2 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne 2 *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th