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Common Names
European Butterbur
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PETASITES-SESQUITERPENE-D-1 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASITES-SESQUITERPENE-D-2 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASITES-SESQUITERPENE-D-3 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASITES-SESQUITERPENE-D-4 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASITES-SESQUITERPENE-D-5 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASITES-SESQUITERPENE-D-6 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASITES-SESQUITERPENE-D-7 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASITES-SESQUITERPENE-D-8 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASITES-SESQUITERPENE-E-1 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASITES-SESQUITERPENE-E-2 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASITES-SESQUITERPENE-E-3 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASITES-SESQUITERPENE-F-1 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASITES-SESQUITERPENE-F-2 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASITOLIDE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASITOLIDE-A | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASITOLIDE-B | 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. |
| PETASOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID | 43 | 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. |
| PYRROLIDINE-ALKALOIDS | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PYRROLIZIDINE-ALKALOIDS | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiaggregant | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 333. |
| Antiaging | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiallergic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antialopecic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiangiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarrhythmic | 1 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 407. |
| Antiarteriosclerotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiasthmatic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatheromic | 1 | Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990. |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 6 | Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155. |
| Anticancer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 2 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarcinomic (Breast) | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |