Plant Opopanax chironium (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Hercules All Heal; Opopanax

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	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 *

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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
Herbicide	1	Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.
Hydrocholerectic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Insectifuge	1	Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator	1	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
P450-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Perfumery	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Photoactive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Preservative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Prostaglandigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Xu, L. N., Yu, W. G., Tian, J. Y., Liu, Q. Y. 1990. Effect of Sodium Ferulate on Arachidonic Acid Metabolism. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 25(6): 412-416.
Sunscreen	2	Chemical Marketing Reporter; a weekly tabloid, 9/10/92.
Testosterone-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterosedative	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.