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Plant Peucedanum ostruthium (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Masterwort
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
ACETIC-ACID 16 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALATOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Root 480.0 3360.0 0.91 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CNIDIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-LIMONENE 19 Root 480.0 3360.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
D-PHELLANDRENE 0 Root 480.0 3360.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIPENTENE 7 Root 480.0 3360.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Root 2000.0 14000.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HESPERIDIN 31 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYPEUCEDANIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IMPERATORIN 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYRIC-ACID 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYRIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOIMPERATORIN 8 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOOXYPEUCEDANIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPROPYLIDENE-ACETIC-ACID 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
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelochemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anti-LDL 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaflatoxin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergenic 1 Yakugaku Zasshi, 111: 193, 1991.
Antialopecic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antiandrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *