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Plant Pinus elliottii (Pinaceae)

Common Names
Slash Pine
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
ABIETIC-ACID 3 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BORNEOL 35 Leaf not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CADINENE 4 Leaf not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CREOSOL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROABIETIC-ACID 5 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
DIPENTENE 7 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
EO 0 Leaf not available 3000.0 -0.75 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
EO 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 200000.0 250000.0 1.23 Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACOL 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOPIMARIC-ACID 2 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
L-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 123000.0 189000.0 not available Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
L-BETA-PINENE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 42400.0 85000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYLCREOSOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOABIETIC-ACID 4 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PALUSTRIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHENOL 26 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PIMARIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SANDARACOPIMARIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available 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
AntiMS 1 Martindale's 29th
Antionychogryphotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiotitic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiprostatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyruvetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antisalmonella 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antisinusitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antispasmodic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antispastic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistaphylococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antituberculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antiwrinkle 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 1 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *