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Plant Paeonia moutan (Paeoniaceae)

Common Names
Moutan; Tree Peony
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 7 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *