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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Flower *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 600.0 2500.0 -0.06 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf Essent. Oil 312000.0 0.96 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Root Essent. Oil 175000.0 200000.0 1.01 Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Twig *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil 34500.0 2.27 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Root Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil 6500.0 167000.0 2.51 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-YLANGENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 500.0 -1.00 *
ANDROSTENEDIONE 1 Pollen Or Spore *
ANETHOLE 36 Leaf Essent. Oil *
ANISALDEHYDE 7 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ARABINOSE 0 Leaf 600.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 3000.0 -0.17 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Mucogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic 4 *
Mutagenic? 1 *
Myocardiotonic 1 *
Myocontractant 1 *
Myopic 1 *
Myorelaxant 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Myotonic 1 Martindale's 29th
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Nematicide 9 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nematistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Nephroprotective 1 Toxicol Appl. Pharmacol. 1996.
Nephrotoxic 2 *
Neuroprotective 2 *
Neurotoxic 1 *
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 *