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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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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
GLUCOSE 7 Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HEDERAGENIN 9 Root not available not available not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
HEPTAGALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Root not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
HEXAGALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Flower not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
IRON 6 Root 40.0 47.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
KAEMPFEROL-3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LACTIFLORIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LACTIFLORIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LACTIFLORIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Root not available not available not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 580.0 990.0 -0.84 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 14.0 20.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
MESO-INOSITOL 0 Bud not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MESO-INOSITOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
METHYL-GALLATE 16 Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
MYO-INOSITOL 0 Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
NONAGALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Root not available not available not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
OCTAGALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Root not available not available not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
OXYPAEONIFLORIN 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenovirus 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergenic 2 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianaphylactic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiandrogenic 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic 3 Duke, 1992 *