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Common Names
Garden Myrrh; Myrrh; Sweet Chervil; Sweet Cicely; Cicely
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYNAROSIDE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYNAROSIDE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYNAROSIDE | 3 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEMOL | 2 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 22000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESTRGOLE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 17100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | 90800.0 | 1.92 | Hussain, R.A., et. al. 1990. Sweetening Agents of Plant Origin: Phenylpropanoid Constituents of Seven Sweet-Tasting Plants. Econ. Bot. 44 2: 174-182. Program Collab. Res. Pharm. Sci. Coll. Pharmacy Univ. Illinois at Chicago IL 60680, USA. |
| FUMARIC-ACID | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| GAMMA-MUUROLENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 9500.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 8000.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINEOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 17500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERMACRENE-D | 2 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 15000.0 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Essential Oil | not available | 2600.0 | -0.72 | Hussain, R.A., et. al. 1990. Sweetening Agents of Plant Origin: Phenylpropanoid Constituents of Seven Sweet-Tasting Plants. Econ. Bot. 44 2: 174-182. Program Collab. Res. Pharm. Sci. Coll. Pharmacy Univ. Illinois at Chicago IL 60680, USA. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind) |
| LONGIFOLENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 21000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind) |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 19000.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | not available | 53000.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OSMORHIZOLE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETROSELINIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| PETROSELINIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | 732000.0 | 0.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiandrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 2 | Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis., 4:203, 1982. |
| Antibacterial | 7 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |
| Anticancer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticariogenic | 1 | Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105. |
| Anticomplementary | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticonvulsant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidermatitic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Antiesophagitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifeedant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antigenotoxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990. |
| Antihepatotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihyperthyroid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinflammatory | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukotriene-D4 | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilithic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilymphomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimalarial | 1 | Rukunga, G. and Simons, A. J. 2006. The Potential of Plants as a Source of Antimalarial Agents - A Review. Africa Herbal Antimalaria Meeting. PlantaPhile Publications, Berlin. 72 pp. |