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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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Chemical Name Sort descending 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 not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
1,2,3,4,6-PENTA-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE 3 Root not available not available not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
13-METHYLMYRISTIC-ACID 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.
ALBIFLORIN 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ARSENIC 2 Root not available 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 not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Root not available 11000.0 1.00 Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BENZOYLPAEONIFLORIN 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BETA-GLUCOGALLIN 0 Flower not available not available not available 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 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.
BETA-SITOSTEROL-ALPHA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower 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.
CALCIUM 28 Root 10300.0 40600.0 3.64 Duke, 1992 *
CIS-9,12-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 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.
COPPER 12 Root 3.0 6.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 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.
DECAGALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Root not available not available not available Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
EO 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
GALLIC-ACID 62 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.
GALLOYL-TANNINS 0 Root 20000.0 40000.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLUCOGALLIN 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.
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Antiarteriosclerotic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiarteriosclerotic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 7 (View Chemicals list for Antiarthritic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 4 (View Chemicals list for Antiasthmatic) Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.
Antiatherosclerotic 4 (View Chemicals list for Antiatherosclerotic) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 9 (View Chemicals list for Antibacterial) Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 (View Chemicals list for AntiBPH) Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 2 (View Chemicals list for Antibronchitic) Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer 3 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer) Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer (Breast)) Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer (Cervix)) Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticancer (Lung)) Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 2 (View Chemicals list for Anticanker) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticapillary-Fragility) Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticarcinomic) Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticarcinomic (Breast)) Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic 2 (View Chemicals list for Anticariogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Anticataract 2 (View Chemicals list for Anticataract) Duke, 1992 *
Anticephalagic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticephalagic) Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 1 (View Chemicals list for AntiCFS) Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anticheilitic) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.