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Common Names
Hercules All Heal; Opopanax
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,3-DIHYDROOENANTHETOLACETATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-COPAENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PANAX-RESIN | 0 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-SANTALENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PANAX-RESIN | 0 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BISABOLENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-BERGAMOTENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-ELEMENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROOENANTHETOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIIN-DIENE-FALCARINOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EN-DIIN-DIENE-FALCARINOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | 30000.0 | 65000.0 | -0.95 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FALCARINDIONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FALCARINOL-ONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FALCARINONE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-CADINENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antithrombic | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Antitumor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antitumor (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Liver) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor-Promoter | 1 | Cancer Research, 48: 5941. |
| Antiviral | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Apoptotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Arteriodilator | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Cancer-Preventive | 2 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Cardiac | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Cholagogue | 1 | Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991. |
| Choleretic | 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. |
| Cytochrome-P450-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungicide | 3 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Hepatotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |