Plant Paeonia moutan (Paeoniaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Moutan; Tree Peony

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
PAEONIFLORIN	20	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PAEONOLIDE	1	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PAEONOSIDE	1	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root Bark	4580.0	6700.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root Bark	178.0	180.0	-1.07	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root Bark	10.0	15.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	1	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	2	Martindale's 28th
Analgesic	3	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant	6	Duke, 1992 *