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Plant Parthenium hysterophorus (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Congress grass
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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
11-HYDROXYGUAIENE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ALKALOID 0 Plant not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
AMBROSIN 5 Plant not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
BETULIN 13 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DIHYDROISOPARTHENIN 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ISOGUAIENE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PARTHENICIN 0 Plant not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PARTHENIN 9 Plant not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
QUERCETAGETIN-3,7-DIMETHYL-ETHER 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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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
Adrenergic-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 1 Recio, M., et al. 1994. Investigations on the Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Triterpenoids from Diospyros leucomelas*. Planta Medica, 61: 9.
Antitumor 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge 1 Lugemwa, F.N., Huang, F-Y., Bentley, M.D., Mendel, M.J., and Alford, A.R. 1990. A Heliothis zea Antifeedant from the Abundant Birchbark Triterpene Betulin. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38(2): 493-494.
CNS-Depressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Huang, C., Tunon, H., Bohlin, L. 1995. Anti-Inflammatory Compounds Isolated from Menyanthes trifoliata L. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 30(8): 621-626.
Schistosomicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *