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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FURANOPETASIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FUROEREMOPHILANE | 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. |
| FUROEREMOPHILONE | 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. |
| GAMMA-BISABOLENE | 2 | 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. |
| HELIANTHENINE | 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. |
| HEPTADECENOIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXADEC-9-ENOIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INTEGERRIMINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| INTEGERRIMINE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INTEGERRIMINE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INULIN | 19 | Rhizome | not available | 35000.0 | -1.00 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| ISO-S-PETASIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBUTYROYLISOPETASOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| ISOBUTYROYLNEOPETASOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| ISOBUTYROYLNEOPETASYL-ESTER | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ISOBUTYRYL-ESTER-NEOPETASOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBUTYRYLNEOPETASOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOPETASANE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ISOPETASIN | 5 | Leaf | not available | 1500.0 | not available | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| ISOPETASIN | 5 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| COMT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Copper-Chelator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cosmetic | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| COX-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytotoxic | 1 | Matsukawa, Y., et al. The Effect of Quercetin and Other Flavonoids on Cell Cycle Progresssion and Growth of Human Gastric Cancer Cells. Planta Medica, 56(6): 677, 1990. |
| Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Demulcent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dermatitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic? | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Differentiator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 2 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| Estrogenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| FLavor | 4 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 3 | 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. |