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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Nicotiana tabacum (Solanaceae)

Common Names
Tobacco
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
(+)-NORNICOTINE 0 Leaf *
(+)-SOLANONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(-)-ANABASINE 6 Leaf *
(-)-BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
(11E,13R)-LABDA-11,14-DIENE-8,13-DIOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(11E,13S)-LABDA-11,14-DIENE-8,13-DIOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(13E)-ACETOXY-13-LABDEN-8-OL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(3S,6R,73,9R)-MEGASTIGMADIENE-3,9-DIOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(3S,6R,73,9S)-MEGASTIGMADIENE-3,9-DIOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(E)-3-ISOPROPYL-8-METHYLHEPTA-4,6-DIEN-1-OL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(E)-5-ISOPROPYL-6,7-EPOXY-8-HYDROXY-8-METHYLNONAN-2-ONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(E)-5-ISOPROPYL-8-HYDROXY-8-METHYLNON-6-EN-2-ONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(E)-5-ISOPROPYL-8-HYDROXYNON-6-EN-2-ONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(E)-5-ISOPROPYLNON-3-ENE-2,8-DIOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
0-ETHYLANILINE 0 Leaf *
1,2(BETA-PYRIDYL)PIPERIDINE-ANABASINE 0 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
1,2,5,6-TETRAHYDROPURIDINE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
1-OXO-ALPHA-CYPERONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
11-NOR-8-HYDROXY-9-DRIMENONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiasthmatic? 2 *
Antiatherogenic 2 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 8 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antibacterial 27 *
Antibronchitic 2 *
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 *
Anticalculic 1 *
Anticancer 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticancer (Breast) 4 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 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.
Anticancer (Colon) 2 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 *
Anticancer (Liver) 3 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *
Anticancer (Skin) 2 *
Anticapillary-Fragility 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)