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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Nematicide	4	Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Neurotoxic	1	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Perfumery	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic	1	Martindale's 28th
Pesticide	13	Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Chen, S. J., Wang, M. H., Chen, I. J. 1996. Antiplatelet and Calcium Inhibitory Properties of Eugenol and Sodium Eugenol Acetate. Gen Pharmacol, 27(4): 629-633.
Protisticide	1	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Purgative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	1	Yannai, S., Day, A. J., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1998. Characterization of Flavonoids as Monofunctional or Bifunctional Inducers of Quinone Reductase in Murine Hepatoma Cell Lines. Food Chem Toxicol, 36(8): 623-630.
Respirastimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Secretogogue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	6	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
Sialogogue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tachycardic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Transdermal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonistat	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypsin-Enhancer	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.