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Common Names
Harmel; Syrian Rue
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9,14-DIHYDROXYOCTADECANOIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Plant | 34000.0 | 105250.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | not available | 5600.0 | -0.85 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Plant | not available | 9.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEOXYPEGANINE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEOXYVASICINONE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIPEGENE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Plant | 15000.0 | 46450.0 | -0.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 135000.0 | 175000.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Plant | 57000.0 | 176475.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HARMALINE | 24 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HARMALOL | 7 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HARMAN | 7 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HARMINE | 23 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOPEGANINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PEGAMINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PEGANINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PEGANOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PEGANONES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Plant | not available | 600.0 | -1.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Desmutagenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Euphoriant | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hallucinogenic | 2 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Herbicide | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Hypotensive | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunostimulant | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Laxative | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAO-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Pesticide | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Photoactive | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199. |
| Phototoxic | 1 | Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp. |
| Protisticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Psychotropic | 1 | Fitoterapia No.5-1990. |