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Plant 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.
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
4-ISOPROPYL-2-CYCLOHEXEN-1-OL? 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-ISOPROPYL-2-CYCLOHEXEN-1-ONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ANDROL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIOLE 20 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Fruit 8000.0 20000.0 2.98 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Fruit 10000.0 25000.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit not available 200000.0 0.89 Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANNOSE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN 34 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-1-NONEN-3-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-2-NONEN-1-OL? 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-4-UNDECEN-3-OL? 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OENANTHETOXIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHELLANDRAL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PINENE 12 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Fruit not available 40000.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNETIN 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Psychoactive 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.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Secretolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Sedative 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Serotoninergic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Spasmogenic 2 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Sweetener 1 Martindale's 28th
Synergist 1 Merck 11th Edition
Tachycardic 1 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.
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Uterotonic 2 Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp.
Vasodilator 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.