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Common Names
Cordoncillo; Hierba Santa; Hoja Santa
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUMULENE | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| IRON | 6 | Leaf | 48.0 | 315.0 | -0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Leaf | 570.0 | 3200.0 | 0.29 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| LIGNANS | 10 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| MUUROLENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| MYRISTICIN | 31 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| N-HEXADECANE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| NIACIN | 39 | Leaf | 9.0 | 100.0 | 0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONAN-2-ONE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| PARACIMENENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| PARACIMENOL-8 | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 490.0 | 2920.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PIPEROCROMANOIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| PIPEROCROMENOIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| PIPEROIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 39000.0 | 219000.0 | 0.07 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Leaf | 2.4 | 13.5 | -0.11 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Cathartic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Chemopreventive | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Choleretic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cholesterolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Circulotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Depressant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| CNS-Stimulant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Toxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Cold-preventive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Coleoptophile | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Colorant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Controlled | 1 | HerbalGram No. 20, page 15. |
| Convulsant | 2 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Cosmetic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Counterirritant | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| COX-1-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Culicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytochrome-P450-Inducer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |