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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(Z)-1S,5R-ALPHA-PINEN-10-YL-ALPHA-VICIANOSIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
1,2,3,4,6-PENTA-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE 3 Root Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
13-METHYLMYRISTIC-ACID 0 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALBIFLORIN 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ARSENIC 2 Root 0.1 -0.20 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
ASTRAGALIN 7 Plant Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Root 11000.0 1.00 Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BENZOYLPAEONIFLORIN 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BETA-GLUCOGALLIN 0 Flower Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-SITOSTEROL-ALPHA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
CALCIUM 28 Root 10300.0 40600.0 3.64 *
CIS-9,12-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
COPPER 12 Root 3.0 6.0 -0.63 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
DECAGALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Root Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
EO 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
GALLIC-ACID 62 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GALLOYL-TANNINS 0 Root 20000.0 40000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLUCOGALLIN 0 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Neuroprotective 2 *
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 *
NO-Inhibitor 3 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 2 *
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *
Pesticide 15 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Phytoalexin 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Proliferant 1 *
Prooxidant 1 *
Propecic 2 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Ibewuike, J. C., Ogungbamila, F. O., Ogundaini, A. O., Okeke, I. N., Bohlin, L. 1997. Antiinflammatory and Antibacterial Activities of C-methylflavonol from Piliostigma thonningii. Phytotherapy Research, 11(4): 281-284.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.