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Plant Lonicera japonica (Caprifoliaceae)

Common Names
Japanese Honeysuckle
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
(Z)-3-HEXEN-1-OL 0 Flower 0.0 0.1 not available Schlotzhauer, W.S., S.D. Pair, and R.J. Horvat. 1996. Volatile constituents from the flowers of Japanese Honeysuckle. J. Agric. Food Chem. 44:206-209.
(Z)-3-HEXENYL-BENZOATE 0 Flower 0.1 0.6 not available Schlotzhauer, W.S., S.D. Pair, and R.J. Horvat. 1996. Volatile constituents from the flowers of Japanese Honeysuckle. J. Agric. Food Chem. 44:206-209.
(Z)-3-HEXENYL-TIGLATE 0 Flower 0.1 1.1 not available Schlotzhauer, W.S., S.D. Pair, and R.J. Horvat. 1996. Volatile constituents from the flowers of Japanese Honeysuckle. J. Agric. Food Chem. 44:206-209.
1-HEXENE 0 Flower not available not available not available Schlotzhauer, W.S., S.D. Pair, and R.J. Horvat. 1996. Volatile constituents from the flowers of Japanese Honeysuckle. J. Agric. Food Chem. 44:206-209.
2,4-DECADIENAL 0 Flower not available 0.0 not available Schlotzhauer, W.S., S.D. Pair, and R.J. Horvat. 1996. Volatile constituents from the flowers of Japanese Honeysuckle. J. Agric. Food Chem. 44:206-209.
3,5-DICAFFEOYL-QUINIC-ACID 3 Flower not available 155.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3,5-DICAFFEOYL-QUINIC-ACID-BUTYL-ESTER 0 Flower not available 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3,5-DICAFFEOYL-QUINIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Flower not available 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-CAFFEOYL-QUINIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Flower not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-CAFFEOYLQUINIC-ACID 0 Flower not available 42.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FARNESENE 0 Flower 0.1 5.9 1.00 Schlotzhauer, W.S., S.D. Pair, and R.J. Horvat. 1996. Volatile constituents from the flowers of Japanese Honeysuckle. J. Agric. Food Chem. 44:206-209.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Flower 0.0 0.1 -0.71 Schlotzhauer, W.S., S.D. Pair, and R.J. Horvat. 1996. Volatile constituents from the flowers of Japanese Honeysuckle. J. Agric. Food Chem. 44:206-209.
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Flower 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.
ARSENIC 2 Flower not available 0.1 -1.29 Duke, 1992 *
AUROXANTHIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Flower not available not available not available Schlotzhauer, W.S., S.D. Pair, and R.J. Horvat. 1996. Volatile constituents from the flowers of Japanese Honeysuckle. J. Agric. Food Chem. 44:206-209.
BENZYL-BENZOATE 17 Flower 0.1 0.6 -0.74 Schlotzhauer, W.S., S.D. Pair, and R.J. Horvat. 1996. Volatile constituents from the flowers of Japanese Honeysuckle. J. Agric. Food Chem. 44:206-209.
BENZYL-SALICYLATE 2 Flower 0.0 0.1 -0.74 Schlotzhauer, W.S., S.D. Pair, and R.J. Horvat. 1996. Volatile constituents from the flowers of Japanese Honeysuckle. J. Agric. Food Chem. 44:206-209.
BETA-BOURBONENE 0 Flower 0.0 0.1 -0.77 Schlotzhauer, W.S., S.D. Pair, and R.J. Horvat. 1996. Volatile constituents from the flowers of Japanese Honeysuckle. J. Agric. Food Chem. 44:206-209.
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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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 2 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 7 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 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 1 Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 10 Martindale's 29th
Analgesic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anaphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 3 Martindale's 28th
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacne 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiaggregant 2 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 3 Duke, 1992 *