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Plant Petasites japonicus (Asteraceae)

Common Names
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
2-BETA-HYDROXYEREMOPHIL-7(11)-EN-8-BETA-12-OLIDE 0 Rhizome not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-6-BETA-DIHYDROXYEREMOPHIL-7(11)-EN-12,8-ALPHA-OLIDE 0 Rhizome not available 0.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-8-ALPHA-DIHYDROXY-6-BETA-METHOXYEREMOPHIL-7(11)-EN-8-BETA-12-OLIDE 0 Rhizome not available 3.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-8-ALPHA-DIHYDROXY-6-BETA-TIGLOYL-OXYEREMOPHIL-7(11)-EN-12,8-BETA-OLIDE 0 Rhizome not available 2.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-8-BETA-DIHYDROXY-6-BETA-TIGLOYL-OXYEREMOPHIL-7(11)-EN-12,8-BETA-OLIDE 0 Rhizome not available 2.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-6-ALPHA-METHOXYEREMOPHIL-7(11)-EN-12,8-BETA-OLIDE 0 Rhizome not available 0.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-6-BETA-8-ALPHA-DIMETHOXYEREMOPHIL-7(11)-EN-12,8-BETA-OLIDE 0 Rhizome not available 683.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-6-BETA-METHOXYEREMOPHIL-7(11)-EN-12,8-BETA-OLIDE 0 Rhizome 0.8 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-6-BETA-TIGLOYL-OXYEREMOPHIL-7(11)-EN-8-BETA-12-OLIDE 0 Rhizome not available 7.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-EREMOPHIL-7(11)-EN-12,8-BETA-OLIDE 0 Rhizome not available 0.9 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-ACETYLFURANOFUKINOL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
6-ANGELYLFURANOFUKINOL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
6-BETA-(3'-CHLORO-2'-HYDROXY-2'-METHYL-BUTYROYL-OXY)-3-BETA-8-BETA-DIHYDROXYEREMOPHIL-7(11)-EN-12,8-ALPHA-OLIDE 0 Rhizome not available 0.9 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-BETA-8-BETA-DIHYDROXYEREMOPHIL-7(11)-EN-12,8-ALPHA-OLIDE 0 Rhizome not available 1.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-BETA-ANGELOYL-OXY-3-BETA-15-EPOXY-9-BETA-15(R)-DIHYDROXYEREMOPHIL-7(11)-EN-12,8-ALPHA-OLIDE 0 Rhizome not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-BETA-ANGELOYL-OXY-3-BETA-8-ALPHA-DIHYDROXYEREMOPHILENOLIDE 0 Rhizome not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-BETA-ANGELOYL-OXY-3-BETA-8-BETA-9-BETA-TRIHYDROXYEREMOPHIL-7(11)-EN-12,8-BETA-OLIDE 0 Rhizome not available 1.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-BETA-ANGELOYL-OXY-3-BETA-8-DIHYDROXYEREMOPHILENOLIDE 0 Rhizome not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-BETA-ANGELOYL-OXY-3-BETA-9-ALPHA-DIHYDROXYEREMOPHIL-7(11)-EN-12,8-BETA-OLIDE 0 Rhizome not available 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-BETA-ANGELOYL-OXY-3-BETA-9-BETA-DIHYDROXYEREMOPHIL-7(11)-EN-12,8-BETA-OLIDE 0 Rhizome not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiobesity? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.