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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Oenanthe aquatica (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Water Fennel; Water Hemlock
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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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
4-ISOPROPYL-2-CYCLOHEXEN-1-OL? 0 Fruit *
4-ISOPROPYL-2-CYCLOHEXEN-1-ONE 0 Fruit *
ANDROL 0 Fruit *
APIOLE 20 Fruit *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Fruit 8000.0 20000.0 2.98 *
CAMPHENE 9 Fruit *
EO 0 Fruit 10000.0 25000.0 -0.33 *
FAT 0 Fruit 200000.0 0.89 *
GALACTOSE 1 Fruit *
MANNOSE 3 Fruit *
MYRICETIN 34 Plant *
MYRISTICIN 31 Fruit *
N-1-NONEN-3-OL 0 Fruit *
N-2-NONEN-1-OL? 0 Fruit *
N-4-UNDECEN-3-OL? 0 Fruit *
OENANTHETOXIN 0 Plant *
PHELLANDRAL 0 Fruit *
PINENE 12 Fruit *
RESIN 0 Fruit 40000.0 -0.27 *
RHAMNETIN 18 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Abortifacient 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 1 Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Amphetaminagenic 1 *
Anesthetic 1 *
Antiadhesive 1 *
Antiaflatoxin 1 *
Antiaggregant 1 Janssens, J., Laekeman, G.M., Pieters, L.A.C., Totte, J., Herman, A.G., and Vlietinck, A.J. 1990. Nutmeg Oil: Identification and Quantitation of its Most Active Constituents as Inhibitors of Platelet Aggregation. J.of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 179-188, 1990.
Antiallergenic 1 *
Antibacterial 4 *
Anticancer 1 *
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidepressant 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antidysmenorrheic 1 *
Antifeedant 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Antigastric 1 *
Antigingivitic 1 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.