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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
NONANAL 0 Flower not available 1.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
O-METHYLMARITIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PANCRATINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Flower 2.0 5.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLETHYL-ACETATE 0 Flower 10.0 20.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
PLUVIINE 0 Bulb not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PRETAZETTINE 5 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOLYCORINE 1 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUISEMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TAZETTINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECALACTONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Hepatoprotective 2 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 210.
Herbicide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Herbistat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Hypnotic 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hypotensive 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Immunostimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 4 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 3 J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Irritant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Laxative 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
MAO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant 3 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Myocontractant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Myoneuro-stimulant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Narcotic 1 Merck 11th Edition