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Plant Narcissus tazetta (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Daffodil
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
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
Antiedemic 1 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 95.
Antiestrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihistaminic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antiinflammatory 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 3 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.
Antimitotic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitotis 1 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antimutagenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyasthenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineurotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinitrosating 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiodontalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiotitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *