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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N-UNDECENE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEO-S-PETASIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEOPETASAN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEOPETASIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEOPETASIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEOPETASOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PECTIN | 24 | Rhizome | not available | 18500.0 | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| PENTADECANOIC-ACID | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASIN | 1 | Leaf | 3600.0 | 11490.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASIN | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASIN | 1 | Rhizome | not available | 15300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASIN | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASITENE | 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. |
| PETASITENINE | 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. |
| PETASITES-SESQUITERPENE-A | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETASITES-SESQUITERPENE-B | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antielastase | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiencephalitic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199. |
| Antienteritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifeedant | 4 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastric | 1 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antigastritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigliomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotoxic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiherpetic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |