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
APIGENIN-7-GLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Root Bark	not available	0.1	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOYLOXYPAEONIFLORIN	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOYLPAEONIFLORIN	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root Bark	5150.0	16700.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root Bark	5.0	6.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE	1	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root Bark	95.0	120.0	-0.83	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-BETA-GLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-ARABINOSE	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root Bark	930.0	1180.0	-1.21	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root Bark	10.0	34.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
OXYPAEONIFLORIN	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PAENOL	0	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiaging	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	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	1	Meli, R., Autore, G., Di Carlo, G., Capasso, F. Inhibitory Action of Quercetin on Intestinal Transit in Mice. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 201, 1990.
Antiandrogenic	1	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	2	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 *
Antiarthritic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherosclerotic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	6	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *