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Plant Lonicera japonica (Caprifoliaceae)

Common Names
Japanese Honeysuckle
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
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Flower 445.0 60000.0 not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
LINALOL 0 Flower 0.2 3.9 -0.39 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
LINALOOL-OXIDES 0 Flower 0.1 0.5 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.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LOGANIN 4 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LONICERIN 2 Plant not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 7 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.
LUTEOLIN-7-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Flower not available 2990.0 0.13 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Flower not available 70.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Flower not available 0.0 -0.88 Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-BENZOATE 4 Flower 0.0 0.0 -1.29 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.
METHYL-JASMONATE 0 Flower 0.0 0.0 -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.
METHYL-PALMITATE 0 Flower 0.2 0.5 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.
METHYL-PHENYLACETATE 2 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.
METHYL-SALICYLATE 21 Flower 0.0 0.1 -0.79 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.
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEROLIDOL 11 Flower 0.0 0.5 -1.25 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 *