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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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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
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 *
Antiarthritic 7 *
Antiasthmatic 4 Watt, J.M., and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. 1962.
Antiatherosclerotic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 9 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Antibronchitic 2 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer 3 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 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 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *
Anticanker 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 *
Anticarcinomic 1 *
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticariogenic 2 *
Anticataract 2 *
Anticephalagic 1 *
AntiCFS 1 *
Anticheilitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.