Plant Narcissus tazetta (Liliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Daffodil

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
3-O-MARITIDINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6ALPHA-HYDROXY-3-O-METHYL-EPIMARITIDINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6BETA-HYDROXY-3-O-METHYL-EPIMARITIDINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Leaf	not available	2300.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHENYLPROPYL-ACETATE	0	Flower	35.0	75.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHENYLPROPYL-ALCOHOL	0	Flower	70.0	150.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Flower	90.0	190.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ACETATE	9	Flower	520.0	1115.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL	9	Flower	165.0	360.0	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
CINEOLE	0	Flower	80.0	175.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL	6	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHYLHOMOLYCORINE	0	Bulb	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Flower	2100.0	4500.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
EPIGALANTHAMINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIANCINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALANTHAMINE	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALANTHINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Acaricide	2	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
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	4	Duke, 1992 *
Analeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	3	Merck 11th Edition
Anesthetic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	1	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Antialzheimeran	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarachidonate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	6	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.
Antibutylcholinesterase	1	Duke, 1992 *
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.
Anticholinesterase	2	Martindale's 28th
Anticonvulsant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.