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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Piscicide 2 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Potassium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Proliferant 1 *
Prooxidant 1 *
Propecic 3 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 *
Protease-Inhibitor 1 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 2 Chemical Express, 7: 285, 1992.
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective 1 *
Respirotoxic 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative 1 *
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sodium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.