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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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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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Juvabional 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.
Larvistat 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.
Laxative 3 *
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leucocytogenic 2 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 2 *
Mucogenic 1 Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990.
Mutagenic 2 *
Myoprotective 1 *
Myorelaxant 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *