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Plant Pinus roxburghii (Pinaceae)

Common Names
Chir Pine; Himalayan Longleaf
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
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Resin, Exudate, Sap 200000.0 300000.0 -0.42 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETA-CARENE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETA-LONGIFOLENE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETA-PINENE 13 Resin, Exudate, Sap 50000.0 100000.0 -0.76 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CAMPHENE 9 Resin, Exudate, Sap 12000.0 55000.0 1.41 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Resin, Exudate, Sap 376000.0 675000.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DELTA-4-CARENE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HEXACOSYL-FERULATE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
LONGICYCLENE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LONGIFOLENE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 50000.0 203000.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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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
Allelochemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 1 Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antiinflammatory 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antioxidant 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipneumonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antispasmodic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Cancer-Preventive 1 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Dermatitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *