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
FLavor	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hemostat	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hepatomagenic	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective	4	Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor	2	Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic	3	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypothermic	1	Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	3	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	2	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.
Immunosuppressant	2	Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *