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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Myrrhis odorata (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Garden Myrrh; Myrrh; Sweet Chervil; Sweet Cicely; Cicely
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
2-ACETOXYFURANO-TRANS-1(10)-TRANS-4-DIENE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 3200.0 *
2-METHOXYFURANO-TRANS-1(10)-TRANS-4-DIENE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 4500.0 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 15500.0 1.38 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil 100.0 -0.56 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.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant 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)
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Essential Oil 100.0 -0.77 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.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil 17500.0 -0.51 *
ANETHOLE 36 Essential Oil *
ANETHOLE 36 Plant 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)
ANISALDEHYDE 7 Plant 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)
APIGENIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 2 Plant 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)
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Leaf Essent. Oil 17000.0 1.66 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 17000.0 -0.30 *
BETA-CYMENE 0 Essential Oil 300.0 -1.00 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.
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil 200.0 -0.73 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.
BETA-SELINENE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil 9500.0 -1.00 *
CHAVICOL-METHYL-ETHER 0 Plant 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)
COSMOSIIN 4 Fruit *
COSMOSIIN 4 Shoot *
CYNAROSIDE 3 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Colon) 1 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 1 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 *
Antitussive 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Antiulcer 3 Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992).
Antiviral 3 *
Antiyeast 1 *
Apoptotic 1 *
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bronchoprotectant 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 3 *
Cancer-Preventive 5 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 3 Planta Medica, 57: A43, 1991.
Candidistat 1 *
Carminative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Chemopreventive 2 *
Choleretic 1 *
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Cicatrizant 1 *