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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Pinus sylvestris (Pinaceae)

Common Names
Scotch Pine
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
L-HISTIDINE 0 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
L-LIMONENE 2 Leaf Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
L-PIMARIC-ACID 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 180000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
L-PIMARIC-ACID 0 Shoot *
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil *
LIMONENE 60 Flower *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil *
LIMONENE 60 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
LIMONENE 60 Shoot *
LINARIN 1 Leaf *
LONGICYCLENE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LONGIFOLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 2600.0 -1.00 *
LONGIFOLENE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LONGIFOLENE 0 Wood *
LUTEIN 15 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LUTEIN-EPOXIDE 0 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
M-COUMARIC-ACID 0 Pollen Or Spore *
M-MENTH-6-EN-8-OL 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
M-MENTHA-1,3(8)-DIENE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
M-MENTHA-6,8-DIENE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiseptic 24 Merck 11th Edition
Antiserotonin 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisickling 2 *
Antisinusitic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antispasmodic 23 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antispastic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistaphylococcic 7 *
Antisteatotic 1 *
Antistomatitic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 4 *
Antistress 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisunburn 2 *
Antisyndrome-X 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antitachycardic 1 *
Antithiamin 3 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 2 *
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antithyrotoxic 1 Wealth of India.