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Plant Oenanthe crocata (Apiaceae)

Common Names

Water Dropwort

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 Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
2,3-DIHYDRO-OENANTHETOXIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALL-TRANS-HEPTADECATRIEN-(2,8,10)-DIIN-(4,6)	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALL-TRANS-PENTADECATRIEN-2,8,10-DIIN-(4,6)	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIOLE	20	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL	18	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN	31	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OENANTHETOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OENANTHETONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OENANTHETOXIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-PENTADECA-2,8,10-TRIENE-4,6-DIYN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-PENTADECA-2,8,10-TRIENE-4,6-DIYN-12-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-PENTADECADIEN-2,8-DIENE-4,6-DIYN-1-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
Laxative	1 (View Chemicals list for Laxative)	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	1 (View Chemicals list for MAO-Inhibitor)	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Nephrotoxic	1 (View Chemicals list for Nephrotoxic)	Martindale's 29th
Neurotoxic	1 (View Chemicals list for Neurotoxic)	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.
Oxytocic	1 (View Chemicals list for Oxytocic)	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Paralytic	1 (View Chemicals list for Paralytic)	Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Pesticide	3 (View Chemicals list for Pesticide)	Duke, 1992 *
Psychoactive	1 (View Chemicals list for Psychoactive)	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.
Secretolytic	1 (View Chemicals list for Secretolytic)	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Sedative	1 (View Chemicals list for Sedative)	Jim Duke's personal files.
Serotoninergic	1 (View Chemicals list for Serotoninergic)	Jim Duke's personal files.
Sweetener	1 (View Chemicals list for Sweetener)	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Synergist	1 (View Chemicals list for Synergist)	Merck 11th Edition
Tachycardic	1 (View Chemicals list for Tachycardic)	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.
Uterotonic	2 (View Chemicals list for Uterotonic)	Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp.
Vasodilator	1 (View Chemicals list for Vasodilator)	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.