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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3-ISOPROPENYL-5-METHYL-1,2-DIHYDRONAPTHALENE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3-OXO-ALPHA-IONOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
3-PYRIDYLETHYLKETONE 0 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
3-PYRIDYLMETHYLKETONE 0 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
4-(2',2',6'TRIMETHYL-6'-VINYL-CYCLOHEXYL)-2-BUTANONE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
4-ACETYL-5-METHYLFURAN 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
4-ETHYL-2,3-DIMETHOXYPHENOL 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
4-HYDROXYCOUMARIC-ACID 0 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
4-METHYL-2,6-DIMETHOXYPHENOL 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
4-METHYL-CATECHOL 2 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
4-METHYL-PENTAN-2-ONE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
4-PROPYLGUAIACOL 0 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
4-VINYL-GUAIACOL 4 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
5-ISOPROPYL-3-HEPTEN-2-ONE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
5-ISOPROPYL-8-HYDROXYNONAN-2-ONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5-ISOPROPYLNONANE-2,8-DIOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5-METHYL-2,3'-BIPYRIDINE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
5-METHYL-3-HEXEN-2-ONE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
5-METHYL-FURFUROL 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
6-HYDROXYKYNURENIC-ACID 0 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiCVI 1 *
Anticystitic 2 *
Antidecubitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidementia 2 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidepressant 2 *
Antidermatitic 5 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiabetic 9 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidiabetic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidiarrheic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Ammonia) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (pesticides) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidysenteric 2 HerbalGram No. 24, page 37.
Antidysmenorrheic 2 *
AntiEBV 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiedemic 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antielastase 3 *
Antiencephalitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th