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Plant Petasites hybridus (Asteraceae)

Common Names
European Butterbur
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
N-HENTRIACONTANE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTACOSANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTADECANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTATRIACONTANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXACOSANE 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXADECANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXATRIACONTANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONACOSANE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONADECANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONENE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTACOSANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTADECANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTACOSANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTADECANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTATRIACONTANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRACOSANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRATRIACONTANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIACONTANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRICOSANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRITRIACONTANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
AntiPMS 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiradicular 3 Planta Medica, 56(6): 695, 1990.
Antirhinoviral 1 Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994.
Antiseptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 4 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antisteatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistreptococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic 1 Duke, 1992 *