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
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Ibewuike, J. C., Ogungbamila, F. O., Ogundaini, A. O., Okeke, I. N., Bohlin, L. 1997. Antiinflammatory and Antibacterial Activities of C-methylflavonol from Piliostigma thonningii. Phytotherapy Research, 11(4): 281-284.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	1	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide	1	Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Spermicide	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Teratologic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	2	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	2	Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Tranquilizer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Tumorigenic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.