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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| ACADINE-1,4-DIENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| ALPHA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| ALPHA-COPAENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| ALPHA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| APORPHINES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 490.0 | 3370.0 | -0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 24000.0 | 135000.0 | 0.28 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| AURANTIAMIDE-I | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| AURANTIAMIDE-II | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| BENZOIC-ACID | 20 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| BETA-BOURBONINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Leaf | 34.0 | 193.0 | -0.30 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Tramil |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Expectorant | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 16 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 13 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hallucinogenic | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatoregenerative | 1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Hepatotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |