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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Paeonia lactiflora (Paeoniaceae)

Common Names
Chih-Shao, Peony, Common Garden Peony, White Peony, Bai Shao (Chinese)
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PAENOL 0 Root 0.0 *
PAEONIDIN 0 Flower Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PAEONIFLORIGENONE 1 Root 400.0 Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PAEONIFLORIN 20 Root 1900.0 5000.0 *
PAEONIFLORIQUINONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PAEONIN 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PAEONOL 20 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PAEONOLIDE 1 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PAEONOSIDE 1 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
PENTACOSAN 0 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PENTAGALLOYL-GLUCOSE 8 Root 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.
POTASSIUM 14 Root 5000.0 7860.0 -0.58 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
QUERCIMERITRIN 6 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SODIUM 1 Root 196.0 286.0 -0.38 *
SUCROSE 14 Bud List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TANNIN 35 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ZINC 77 Root 15.0 24.0 -0.01 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
Adaptogenic 1 (View) *
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
Allelochemic 1 (View) 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.
Allergenic 3 (View) Martindale's 28th
Analgesic 5 (View) Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorexic 2 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiacne 2 (View) *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th