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Plant Petasites hybridus (Asteraceae)

Common Names
European Butterbur
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
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
S-ISOPETASIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
S-NEOPETASIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
S-PETASIN 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
S-PETASIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
S-PETASITOLIDE-A 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
S-PETASITOLIDE-B 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SENECIONINE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
SENECIONINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SENECIONINE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SENECIOYL-ESTER-NEOPETASOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SENECIOYLNEOPETASYL-ESTER 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
SENECIOYLPETASYL-ESTER 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
SENKIRKINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SENKIRKINE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SYNANTHRINE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TRANS-3-(METHYL-THIO)-ACRYLOYL-NEOPETASOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-3-(METHYL-THIO)-ACRYLOYL-PETASOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Alcohol-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 Martindale's 29th
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic 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.
Allergenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *